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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 24 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flint implements, Dumpton Gap, Broadstairs |
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Summary
Neolithic flint implements including flakes, scrapers and cores were previously found near Dumpton Gap in Broadstairs. The quantity and character of flints was tentatively identified as indicative of a settlement. No further discoveries have been made and it is not known where the finds are now located.
| Grid Reference: | TR 392 667 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC (at some time) to 2351 BC (at some time))
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
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Clinch found near Dumpton Gap, Broadstairs, numerous Neolithic flint flakes scrapers and cores "of a character and under circumstances which point to the probability of this having been a settlement". (1) Neither the exact position of this site nor the present whereabouts of the finds could be ascertained during fieldwork. There is no record of subsequent Neolithic finds from Dumpton Gap which is now almost fully developed. (2) Additional reference (3)
<1> V.C.H. Kent 1, 1908, 314 (G. Clinch) (OS Card Reference). SKE50724.
<2> F1 CFW 04-OCT-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42423.
<3> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 24 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6163.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: V.C.H. Kent 1, 1908, 314 (G. Clinch). |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-OCT-63. [Mapped feature: #61377 find, ] |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 24 - October, 1963. |
