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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 85 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic flint implements from Swanscombe |
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Summary
A scatter of retouched blades and flakes, together with cores, tranchet axes and scrapers all with a Mesolithic date were noted as being found within Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 598 744 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Full description
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A scatter of retouched blades and flakes, together with cores, tranchet axes and scrapers all with a Mesolithic date were noted as being found within Barnfield Pit. No details as the date of the circumstance of their discovery is available. . Finds located in Dartford, Hastings, Maidstone and Rochester Museums. (1-2)
<1> CBA Res Rep 20 Gaz of Mes Sites in Eng and Wales 159 (J.J.Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38886.
<2> 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 Archaeological and Geological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document).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 | OS Card Reference: CBA Res Rep 20 Gaz of Mes Sites in Eng and Wales 159 (J.J.Wymer). [Mapped feature: #71656 findspot, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. March 2004. Swanscombe Heritage Park and Craylands Gorge, Swanscombe, Kent. Archaeological and Geological Desk Based Assessment. |
