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Monument details

Summary

Neolithic leaf shaped arrowhead is one of a small assemblage of Neolithic flint discovered across Zone 3 of the excavations associated with the construction of the East Kent access routeway in Thanet. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

• BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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During the East Kent Access Route excavations (2009 - 2011), in Zone 3 - Neolithic material was listed in this area approximately 12 times on the basis of the presence of Bullhead flint, abraded striking platforms and 16 blades which are relatively rare compared to flakes. Re touched tools also provide a strong indication of earlier activity including an unstratified Neolithic microdenticulate made on a blade of a bullhead flint from sub soil and two residual leaf arrowheads, both apparently broken in manufacture, one from an early Bronze Age monument and the other from a Medieval ditch. Less certainly dated but none the less likely to include Neolithic material were 12 scrapers. (information summarised from sources) (1-2)

<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1 (Unpublished document). SKE29279.

<2> Andrews et al, 2015, Digging The Gateway: Archaeological Landscapes of South Thanet. The Archaeology of East Kent Access (Phase III) Vol 1: The sites (Monograph). SKE55517.

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