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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1353 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flints, Springhead |
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Summary
In 2007/8 Wessex Archaeology carried out a programme of works. Lower Palaeolithic flints were found in pockets of sand within the terrace gravel deposits across part of the site. Finds included two large flakes, possibly from axe manufacture and a convergent scraper.
Location accurate to 10m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6187 7282 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXE TRIMMING FLAKE? (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Full description
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In 2007/8 Wessex Archaeology carried out a programme of works. Lower Palaeolithic flints were found in pockets of sand within the terrace gravel deposits across part of the site. Finds included two large flakes, possibly from axe manufacture and a convergent scraper. (1)
Location accurate to 10m based on available information
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document). SKE17943.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design. |
