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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 321 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint artefacts, and part of mammoth tusk, Springhead Quarter, Ebbsfleet |
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Summary
Six flint artefacts found in fluvial gravel. All are waste debitage from flint knapping and include one blade from the Middle Palaeolithic.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6186 7337 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
- MAMMAL REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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Six flint artefacts in generally fresh condition found in fluvial gravel in N part of site (TPs 1115, 1116 and 1117). All are waste debitage from flint knapping and include one blade from the Middle Palaeolithic. Their condition suggests a concentration of activity in near vicinity. Part of a mammoth tusk was also found. (1)
Location accurate to 2m based on available information.
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Springhead Quarter Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE12271.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2004. Springhead Quarter Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report. |
