Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

A number of worked flints and 1 pottery bowl were found at the site during excavation in 1971.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

• ADZE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
• BOWL (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
• FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
• WORKED FLINT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)

Full description

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A surface collection of worked flints and implements was found during and after mechanical stripping of the A2 widening roadworks in 1971. The small collection is unworn, the forms and the patination suggest a Neolithic - Bronze Age date. One piece of pottery could be assigned to this phase due to the wear. The flint assemblage included at least one adze, alongside several scrapers. All of the artefacts were created from white or pale blue patinated flint. One pottery bowl was recovered from the site and was also interpreted as Neolithic-Bronze Age in date due to the coarseness and degree of wear. The description from the report reads "Bowl in soft black flint-tempered ware. Interior dirty dark grey-brown; exterior dirty brown-red,the oxidization process extending 3-4 mm. into the core. The clay is finely micaceous and relatively free of natural inclusions. The temper is predominantly coarse with little grit below 1 mm. and, mostly averaging 4-5 mm., appears dominant through the worn surfaces. Burnt out grass impressions near rim. Rim and interior smoother than outside" (from the original report, 2). The site was later occupied during the Iron Age (TR 24 NW 69). (1-3)

<1> Hogarth, A. C., 1971, Arch Cant 86 240 1971, Arch Cant vol 86 1971 240 (Article in serial). SKE16678.

<2> Macpherson-grant, N., 1980, Archaeological work along the A2, Arch Cant vol 96 1980 134 (Article in serial). SKE16610.

<3> Arch Cant 96 1980 133 183 (N.Macpherson-Grant) (OS Card Reference). SKE36236.

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