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Monument details

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe, flakes and animal bones from gravel terrace outcrops to west of St. Botolph's church, Northfleet Northfleet, found by FCJ Spurrell in the later 19th C.

Location approximate based on available information

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Associated Finds

• FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
• HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
• MAMMAL REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Full description

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[Area TQ 620743] The butt-half of a worn palaeolithic implement was found in situ by F. C. J. Spurrell, at 100 ft. O.D. in the gravel, under the river loams which cover the little tongue of highland 1/4 mile west of Northfleet church. Several unworn flakes were also found in association with Elephantine, Rhinocerine, Equine, Bovine, and Cervine remains. (1)

Mentioned on a form(2)

Additional Info(3 & 4).

Location approximate based on available information

<1> Spurrell FCJ,, 1883, Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. (Article in serial). SKE32204.

<2> Spurrell FCJ,, 1884, On some Palaeolithic knapping tools and modes of using them. (Article in serial). SKE32210.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 5.9 € (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> Essex County Council & Kent County Council, 2003, Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary, KT554 (Unpublished document). SKE12012.

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