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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 3
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Flint implements, near North Foreland Lighthouse, Broadstairs and St. Peters

Summary

Various flint implements were found in 1868-69 about 200 metres to the west of the North Foreland Lighthouse. A conflict of information in the sources has lad to some uncertainty over the identification of the finds. An earlier source recorded the flints as 'naturally fractured flint but no artefacts or waste flakes.' The finds are now thought to include worked flints and waste flakes.

Grid Reference:TR 3966 6962
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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(TR 39666962]. Flint implements of various forms (no arrowheads) were found in the surface about 200 yds. west of the North Foreland Lighthouse. (1) The area indicated falls on the lower slopes of a dry coombe. Much naturally fractured flint was found but no artifacts or waste flakes. (2) TR 396696 (sited to nearest 50m) Flint implements found 1868-69. Site No.63. (3) Neolithic worked flints and tools were found in 1868/9. (4) additonal reference (5)


<1> J. Ethn. Soc. (NS) 1, 1868-9, 7-8 (illust.) (A. Lane Fox) (OS Card Reference). SKE44821.

<2> F1 CFW 10-OCT-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42521.

<3> Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 5 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49911.

<4> Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit, Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No. 63 (OS Card Reference). SKE44764.

<5> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 3 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6146.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: J. Ethn. Soc. (NS) 1, 1868-9, 7-8 (illust.) (A. Lane Fox).
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 10-OCT-63.
<3>OS Card Reference: Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 5 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit).
<4>XYOS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit, Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No. 63. [Mapped feature: #61188 find, ]
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 3 - October, 1963.