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Monument details

Summary

Palaeolithic flakes and flake-tools from brickearth pit to SW of St Werburgh's Church, Hoo; found in 1937 by HG Dines in situ, in bedded sand deposits below brickearth

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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Mint condition and unpatinated flakes (n=3) and retouched flake-tools (n=2) were found by Dines in a wedge of bedded sand at c. 40-45ft OD, exposed in the quarry face and covered by brickearth (1). The artefacts (held in the British Museum) were examined in 2005 for the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project (2 - collection reference HOO 01), together with archival notes by Dines that give detailed information on the site. Site listed in Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project (3, 4), although with incorrect OS grid reference.

<1> Dines, H.G., Holmes, S.C.A. & Robbie, J.A., 1954, Geology of the Country around Chatham (One-inch Geological Sheet 272, New Series) (Monograph). SKE29863.

<2> 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G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document).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.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M 5.15 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 5.15 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

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