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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 35 SW 44
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Mesolithic site, Finglesham

Summary

A Mesolithic site, first discovered in Spring 1981 during excavations for the foundations of a new cow shed. Finds included over 1700 stuck flints and large amounts of burnt flint, in a largely undisturbed deposit above the natural brickearth. The site is low-lying, about 3m above OD, being situated just above the level of the Ham Fen marshes and on the north side it runs under marshland peat for an unknown distance. "Finds have included at least eight major axe fragments and 32 axe-sharpening flakes, but no microliths. The large number of axe-sharpening flakes is particularly worthy of note and overall the site most probably represents some sort of axe-manufacturing area".

Grid Reference:	TR 3383 5377
Map Sheet:	TR35SW
Parish:	NORTHBOURNE, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Associated Finds

AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
BURNT FLINT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full description

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TR 33835379. A mesolithic site, first discovered in Spring 1981 during excavations for the foundations of a new cow shed, in a field on the south-eastern side of the hamlet of Finglesham, Northbourne, has produced just over 1700 stuck flints and large amounts of burnt flint, in a largely undisturbed deposit above the natural brickearth between 1981 and 1983. The site is low-lying, about 3m above OD, being situated just above the level of the Ham Fen marshes and on the north side it runs under marshland peat for an unknown distance. "Finds have included at least eight major axe fragments and 32 axe-sharpening flakes, but no microliths. The large number of axe-sharpening flakes is particularly worthy of note and overall the site most probably represents some sort of axe-manufacturing area". (2) (See illustration card) (1) (1,2,3)

Additional Reference (4).

<1> KAR 72 1983 29-32 (K Parfitt & G Halliwell) (OS Card Reference). SKE45417.

<2> Arch Cant 99 1983 290 (K Parfitt) (OS Card Reference). SKE36354.

<3> KAR 74 1983 81 (K Parfitt) (OS Card Reference). SKE45420.

<4> Chris Blandford Associates, 2002, Betteshanger Colliery & Spoil Tip Environmental Impact Assessment: Volume 2 Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE8361.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: KAR 72 1983 29-32 (K Parfitt & G Halliwell).
<2>XY	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 99 1983 290 (K Parfitt). [Mapped feature: #59862 mesolithic site, ]
<3>	OS Card Reference: KAR 74 1983 81 (K Parfitt).
<4>	Unpublished document: Chris Blandford Associates. 2002. Betteshanger Colliery & Spoil Tip Environmental Impact Assessment: Volume 2 Environmental Statement.