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Monument details

Summary

Mesolithic and Neolithic flint tools were found in Westwood, Broadstairs. A number of worked flints including scrapers and arrow heads were found in roadwork pits and in gardens. The scatter is thought to indicate an extensive occupation site. Prehistoric pottery may also have been found in this area.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC (at some time) to 2351 BC (at some time))
• LITHIC SCATTER (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

• POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE? (Prehistoric - 500000 BC? to 42 AD?)
• ARROWHEAD (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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TR 364680. Mesolithic and Neolithic tools. Roadworks in front of Rediffusion building, gardens in Star Lane and gardens fronting Ramsgate Road, Margate have yielded quantities of Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints including scrapers and arrow heads. The scatter indicates an extensive occupation site. (1)
Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. Desk based assessment [2], also mentions prehistoric pottery being found.

<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 270 (OS Card Reference). SKE44629.

<2> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1995, Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study (Unpublished document). SWX7097.

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