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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1689 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Late Neolithic flint working site, Ebbsfleet |
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Summary
Archaeological investigations carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link works in 2001 discovered a spread of late Neolithic worked flint which may represent in situ knapping. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6165 7318 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- LITHIC WORKING SITE? (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- WORKED FLINT (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
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Archaeological investigations carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link works in 2001 discovered a spread of late Neolithic worked flint. Much of this worked flint came from a shallow hollow and may represent debris from in situ knapping. It was located alongside a group of Late Neolithic features including pits and possible hearths, sand was found in association with sherds of late Neolithic pottery. (1)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Ebbsfleet River Crossing (ARC ERC01) (Unpublished document). SKE32339.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. Ebbsfleet River Crossing (ARC ERC01). [Mapped feature: #106866 flint working site, ] |
