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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 175 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Lower / middle palaeolithic flakes, Upnor Training Ground |
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Summary
Two flakes were found from the sieving of basal gravels in a test pit at the army's Upnor Training Ground. The flakes were undiagnostic technologically, though the larger one had hints of a Levallois approach.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7567 7026 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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In 2005 a test-pit (TP 1) was excavated at the Upnor Training Ground as part of the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project by Francis Wenban-Smith. As well as clarifying the geological sequence, two flakes were found from the sieving of basal gravels. The flakes were unpatinated and slightly-abraded. They were undiagnostic technologically, though the larger one had hints of a Levallois approach (1).
<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document). SKE29351.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G.. 2007. Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent). |
