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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 NE 117
Type of record:Monument
Name:Palaeolithic site at Wood Hill, Kingsdown with handaxes, flake-tools and abundant debitage

Summary

Palaeolithic site at Wood Hill, Kingsdown with handaxes, flake-tools and abundant debitage

Grid Reference:TR 371 481
Map Sheet:TR34NE
Parish:RINGWOULD WITH KINGSDOWN, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • OCCUPATION SITE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Lower Palaeolithic site investigated by field walking and excavation in 1984. Large asemblage of Palaeolithic handaxes, flake-tools and debitage found (1, 2), probably representing sustained Palaeolithic occupation of the location. Some of the flint artefacts may be post-Palaeolithic. Presence of burnt flint may relate to post-Palaeolithic activity.


<1> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent, Parfitt & Halliwell KAR 123 1996 (Article in serial). SKE29751.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-5, No. 13, p 149-150 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K. 1993. Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent. Kent Archaeological Review 114: 80-89.. Parfitt & Halliwell KAR 123 1996.
<2>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-5, No. 13, p 149-150.