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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 77 SE 1378
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Palaeolithic flint flakes from Upnor

Summary

Palaeolithic flint flakes from Upnor, in collection of Maidstone Museum

Grid Reference:	TQ 7559 7016
Map Sheet:	TQ77SE
Parish:	FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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Eight flint flakes from Upnor were noted by Roe in Maidstone Museum (1) and then also listed in the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project (4, 5). Roe specified seven of them as secondarily worked. Their origin is uncertain; Bather (2) reported that no artefacts were found in association with the Upnor elephant skeleton (see MWX20839), but Andrews (3) reports "flakes" in the immediately-overlying gravel bed, so these flakes might be from the deposit just above the elephant skeleton.

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p186 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Bather, F.A., 1927, The Upnor Elephant., p106 (Article in serial). SKE51550.

<3> Andrews, C.W., 1928, On a specimen of Elephas antiquus from Upnor. (Monograph). SKE51549.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M 5.8 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 5.8 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p186.
<2>	Article in serial: Bather, F.A.. 1927. The Upnor Elephant.. Natural History Magazine 1: 99-106.. p106.
<3>	Monograph: Andrews, C.W.. 1928. On a specimen of Elephas antiquus from Upnor..
<4>	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 5.8.
<5>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. M 5.8.