Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Mesolithic flint working site

Monument Types

• LITHIC WORKING SITE (FLINT WORKING SITE, Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Associated Finds

• CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
• FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
• GRAVER (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
• MICROBURIN (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
• MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full description

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(TQ 5042 5574) Flint Implements found AD.1932 (NAT) (1) A Mesolithic site found in January 1932 while driving a road across the park at Chipstead Place, at the published reference. Specimens, which include flakes, cores scrapers, points and microliths, held at Sevenoaks Public Library and Museum, were presented by the late W. Hooper. (2) Maidstone Museum is said to hold a selection but none could be traced there. The area is completely developed and there is no record of subsequent finds. (2( TQ 500560 (sited to place name only), at Chipstead Place working floor debris was found due south of a house half way to Bessel's Green. This consisted of :- 6 cores 69 blades and flakes 3 scrapers 1 graver 7 microliths 3 microburins 3 other implements. The above implements are all listed as mesolithic. They are in Dartford Museum, ex W Hooper. Information from R.M. Jacobi. (3)

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer and 6" (anon, undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46421.

<3> F1 CFW 08-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42480.

<4> CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz Me and Upper Pa Sites in Eng and Wales 146 (J J Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38830.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 20 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2810.

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