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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1354 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Early Neolithic flints and pottery, Springhead |
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Summary
A large number of Early Neolithic worked flints and sherds of pottery were found in a tree throw. Location accurate to 2m based on available information
Grid Reference: | TQ 6197 7281 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TREE THROW (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
Associated Finds
- DAUB (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- ROUGHOUT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- SHERD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
Full description
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In 2007/8 Wessex Archaeology carried out a programme of works. A large tree throw contained a concentration of Early Neolithic material. The finds included two leaf-shaped arrowheads and two roughouts of the same, as well as a fragment of a polished axe. The limited amount of microdebitage indicated that the material had been collected up and dumped into the hollow. A fragment of daub with wattle impressions suggests nearby occupation with structures. An additional leaf-shaped arrowhead was found in a later feature. (1)
Location accurate to 2m 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at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008.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. |