Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Palaeolithic flake from Pleistocene deposits rich in old Wear Farm Pit, Chislet, in field "Ware/Bells" to east of Church Lane

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Associated Finds

• DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Full description

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Pleistocene deposits rich inpalaeo-environmental remains in old Wear Farm Pit, Chislet, in field "Ware/Bells" to east of Church Lane were first investigated in the 19th C by Prestwich (1), then described by Evans (2). Later re-investigated in mid-1990s (3), and then further investigations in 2013 and 2014 for Stour Palaeolithic Project (4, 5). A flint flake was found in situ during the 1998 investigations (3, p50), at c. 6.5m OD towards the base of "fossiliferous silt" at Section 2, at the northern end of the old surviving quarry face.

<1> Bridgland, D.R., Keen, D.H., Schreve, D.C. & White, M.J., 1998, Quaternary drainage of the Kentish Stour (Article in monograph). SKE29855.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p620-621 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Bridgland, D.R., Keen, D.H., Schreve, D.C. & White, M.J., Chislet, Wear Farm Pit (TR 224650). (Article in monograph). SKE29857.

<4> Wenban-Smith FF, 2014, 6637 Stour Basin Palaeolithic Project: Fieldwork Summary. (Unpublished document). SKE29910.

<5> Wenban-Smith FF, 2014, 6637 Stour Basin Palaeolithic Project: Fieldwork Assessment Report, Updated Task List and Programme (Unpublished document). SKE29911.

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