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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 SW 108 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flake from Whittings Farm, Halling |
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Summary
Palaeolithic flake from Whittings Farm, Halling, found in deeply-buried terrace gravel during test pit investigation in 2005
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7019 6369 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76SW |
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| Parish: | HALLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Five test pits were dug at Whittings Farm in August 2005 for the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project. Fluvial gravel was encountered in TP3 below 21m OD, and a small flint flake was found from sieving a 100L gravel sample from the upper part of the terrace gravel (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G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G.. 2007.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). |
