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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 456 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (and other flint artefacts) from gravel overlying the Southfleet Road "Ebbsfleet elephant" site |
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Summary
More than 30 Palaeolithic handaxes, 5 cores, 11 flake-tools and more than 120 pieces of flint debitage were recovered from palaeo-Ebbsfleet gravels capping the sequence at the HS1 Southfleet Road Ebbsfleet elephant butchery site. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 61161 73273 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Full description
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More than 30 handaxes, 5 cores, 11 flake-tools and more than 120 pieces of flint debitage were recovered from palaeo-Ebbsfleet gravels capping the sequence at the HS1 Southfleet Road Ebbsfleet elephant butchery site. The site was excavated in 2004 as part of pre-HS1 archaeological fieldwork (1, 2). The handaxes come from phase 8 of the site stratigraphic sequence (2 - chapter 4). They include pointed, sub-cordate, cordate and ovate forms, with several of the ovates and cordates having a reverse S-twisted profile (2 - chapter 20). Many are in fresh condition, suggesting occupation, activity and discard on the spot.
<1> Wenban-Smith F.F et al, 2006, The Clactonian elephant butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet, UK (Article in serial). SKE16088.
<2> Oxford Archaeology, 2013, The Ebbsfleet Elephant, Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4 (Monograph). SKE53196.
<3> Oxford Archaeology, 2013, The Ebbsfleet Elephant, Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4 (Monograph). SKE53196.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Wenban-Smith F.F et al. 2006. The Clactonian elephant butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet, UK. Journal of Quaternary Science 21(5): 471-483. |
| <2> | Monograph: Oxford Archaeology. 2013. The Ebbsfleet Elephant, Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4. |
| <3> | Monograph: Oxford Archaeology. 2013. The Ebbsfleet Elephant, Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4. |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 470 | Part of: Palaeolithic (Clactonian) elephant butchery site, Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet (Monument) |
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