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Monument details

Summary

During an evaluation prior to redevelopment a total of 19 flint waste flakes were found, all bar one in Pleistocence fluvial gravels. These were mostly slightly abraded and of small size, 1-3cm, although a few are in the size range 3-6cm. Some mammalian fossils (horse?) of uncertain date were also recovered during a subsequent watching brief.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
• DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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During an evaluation prior to redevelopment a total of 19 flint waste flakes were found, 16 of them in situ in Pleistocene gravel at TP2. These were mostly slightly abraded and of small size, 1-3cm, although a few are in the size range 3-6cm (1, 2)

. The adjacent quarries were assessed and included in the KTG ME Survey (3)

<1> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, An Archaeological Evaluation at RES 1, Stone, Dartford, Kent. (Unpublished document). SKE7689.

<2> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, Archaeological Investigations at Res 1, Stone Castle, Stone, Dartford, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE25987.

<3> Essex County Council & Kent County Council, 2003, Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary, KT855 & 874 (Unpublished document). SKE12012.

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