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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 84 NW 55
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Mesolithic "Pick", Little Poplar Farm

Summary

Surface find. Flint piece is patinated a cream colour with some staining. A small amount of modern retouch has occurred to tranchet sharpened end but is in otherwise good condition showing only light abrasion to arrises.


Grid Reference:TQ 8410 4701
Map Sheet:TQ84NW
Parish:ULCOMBE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full description

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Surface find. Flint piece is patinated a cream colour with some staining. A small amount of modern retouch has occurred to tranchet sharpened end but is in otherwise good condition showing only light abrasion to arrises.(1)

Mesolithic Thames pick found during fieldwalking in 2000. 105mm x 44mm. (2)


<1> Terry Standen, 2001, Discoveries - Little Poplar (Unpublished document). SKE7986.

<2> Neil Aldridge, 2005, Archaeological Notes from the Weald (Unpublished document). SKE16642.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Terry Standen. 2001. Discoveries - Little Poplar.
<2>Unpublished document: Neil Aldridge. 2005. Archaeological Notes from the Weald.