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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 93
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Prehistoric Flakes and Cores, Copt Point, Folkestone

Summary

Flakes and cores have been collected from the shore margin beneath the subsiding cliff northward from Copt Point. The high proportion of cores and differing patination suggest a date ranging from Mesolithic to Neolithic.

Grid Reference:TR 243 365
Map Sheet:TR23NW
Parish:FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? (at some time) to 2351 BC? (at some time))

Associated Finds

  • CORE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
  • FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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TR 243365. Copt Point, Folkestone. Flakes and cores have been collected from the shore margin beneath the subsiding cliff northward from Copt Point. The high proportion of cores and differing patination suggest a date ranging from Mesolithic to Neolithic. (1)

Additional Reference (2)


<1> Arch Cant 88 1973 221 (A H Gibson) (OS Card Reference). SKE35953.

<1> Gibson, A. H., 1973, Investigations & Excavations During the Year: Folkestone, Arch Cant 88 1973 221 (A H Gibson) (Article in serial). SKE8387.

<2> Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 88 1973 221 (A H Gibson). [Mapped feature: #45450 find, ]
<1>Article in serial: Gibson, A. H.. 1973. Investigations & Excavations During the Year: Folkestone. Vol 88 Page 221. Arch Cant 88 1973 221 (A H Gibson).
<2>Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.