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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 1092 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Worked palaeolithic flake found within an exposure of Coombe deposits |
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Summary
Worked palaeolithic flake found within an exposure of archaeologically significant Coombe deposits. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5968 7473 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Worked palaeolithic flake was found within the western edge of Craylands Gorge in an exposure of archaeologically significant Coombe deposits (site no 126 in Appendix II) during a walkover survey of the area undertaken in 2004. the deposits are similar to the sequence in the ebbsfleet vally only 1km to the east, suggesting that sediments within this area are of archaeological significance (1)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, March 2004, Swanscombe Heritage Park and Craylands Gorge, Swanscombe, Kent. Archaeological and Geological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SWX12883.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. March 2004. Swanscombe Heritage Park and Craylands Gorge, Swanscombe, Kent. Archaeological and Geological Desk Based Assessment. [Mapped feature: #92755 flint findspot, ] |
