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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 NE 336 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic site at Wood Hill, Kingsdown (Scott-Jackson excavation), with handaxes, flake-tools and abundant debitag |
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Summary
Palaeolithic site at Wood Hill, Kingsdown (Scott-Jackson excavation), with handaxes, flake-tools and abundant debitage
| Grid Reference: | TR 3709 4809 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | RINGWOULD WITH KINGSDOWN, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Lower Palaeolithic site investigated by field walking and excavation in 1984 (1), then further excavation by J Scott-Jackson in early 1990s (2, 3, 4). Large asemblage of Palaeolithic handaxes, flake-tools and debitage found, probably representing sustained Palaeolithic occupation of the location. Some of the flint artefacts may be post-Palaeolithic. Presence of burnt flint may relate to post-Palaeolithic activity. Also recorded in SRPP (5).
<1> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent (Article in serial). SKE29751.
<2> Scott-Jackson JE, 1996, A preliminary report of an excavation at Wood Hill, Kingsdown, near Deal, 1993. (Article in serial). SKE29844.
<3> Parfitt K, Halliwell, G, 1996, More Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent (Article in serial). SKE29752.
<4> Scott-Jackson, J.E, 2000, Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Artefacts from Deposits mapped as Clay-with-Flints. Oxbow Books Ltd, Oxford. (Monograph). SKE29845.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-5, No. 13, p 149-150 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K. 1993. Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent. Kent Archaeological Review 114: 80-89.. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Scott-Jackson JE. 1996. A preliminary report of an excavation at Wood Hill, Kingsdown, near Deal, 1993.. |
| <3> | Article in serial: Parfitt K, Halliwell, G. 1996. More Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent. Kent Archaeological Review 123: 58-64.. |
| <4> | Monograph: Scott-Jackson, J.E. 2000. Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Artefacts from Deposits mapped as Clay-with-Flints. Oxbow Books Ltd, Oxford.. |
| <5> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-5, No. 13, p 149-150. |
