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Monument details

Summary

An assemblage of Neolithic flint including some examples of polished Neolthic Flint Axe, was discovered across zone 6 of the excavations associated with the construction of the East Kent Access route in Thanet. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

• AXE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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Zone 6 produced the biggest assemblage of Neolithic flint with re touched material accounting for 7% of the total flint assemblage and of that 7%, 38% were scrapers though only one of these was securely dated in a Neolithic pit. The distribution of the Neolithic flint may suggest that activity was centred less on the summit of Ebbsfleet Hill than around the lower, more sheltered ground. Worked flints were more prevalent around the lower slopes of the hill coincidental with the colluvium which undoubtedly migrated down from the upper slopes. In addition to the knapping waste assemblages which were discovered in features across this zone, this area also produced a number of fragments of polished axe as well as a more complete polished axe with a broken blade which came from a tree throw hole and an additional axe rough out which was found in the fill of a late Iron Age ditch. (information summarised from source) (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Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1 (Unpublished document).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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