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Monument details

HER Number:TR 16 NW 1268
Type of record:Pleistocene Environmental Findspot
Name:Swalecliffe, west channel (upper), Pleistocene fauna in outcropping fluvial terrace

Summary

Swalecliffe, west channel (upper), Pleistocene fauna in outcropping fluvial terrace

Grid Reference:TR 131 673
Map Sheet:TR16NW
Parish:WHITSTABLE, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • MAMMAL REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Swalecliffe, west channel (upper), Pleistocene fauna in outcropping fluvial terrace. Reported by Worfold (1, 2, 3), also possible source of handaxe finds on foreshore, but none found in situ in channel outcrop. Range of faunal finds reported includes hippo and straight-tusked elephant, maybe as young as MIS 5e


<1> Worsfold, F.H., 1926a, An examination of the contents of the brickearths and gravels of Tankerton Bay, Swalecliffe, Kent (Article in serial). SKE29740.

<2> Worsfold, F. H., 1926, Observations on the provenance of the Thames Valley Pick, Swalecliffe, Kent (Article in serial). SWX6578.

<3> Green, C.P., Allen, T., Bowen, D.Q. & Keen, D.H., 1998, Swalecliffe (Article in serial). SKE29744.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Worsfold, F.H.. 1926a. An examination of the contents of the brickearths and gravels of Tankerton Bay, Swalecliffe, Kent. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 37: 326-329..
<2>Article in serial: Worsfold, F. H.. 1926. Observations on the provenance of the Thames Valley Pick, Swalecliffe, Kent.
<3>Article in serial: Green, C.P., Allen, T., Bowen, D.Q. & Keen, D.H.. 1998. Swalecliffe. In (JB Murton et al., eds) The Quaternary of Kent & Sussex: Field Guide: 56-60. Quaternary Research Association, London..