Monument record TQ 76 NE 36 - Palaeolithic working floor, Stonecross Pit, Luton

Summary

A central inhumation burial surrounded by two concentric ring ditches was found during excavations by the Maidstone Area Archaeological Group. A futher inhumation was found cut into the outer ditch. Finds made during the course of the excavations were indicative of late Neolithic or an early Bronze Age date. It is important to note that no evidence of a central mound was found.

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Grid reference TQ 7725 6625 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NE
Civil Parish ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
County KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Site was discovered by J Turner, probably in the 1920s (1). The artefacts came from a clayey layer rich in coarse angular flint pieces, below 6ft of brickearth that had been removed for brick-making. They were in fresh condition, and were mostly waste debitage. The industry and period of the site are uncertain. Material from the site seen by Roe in several museums, particularly the British Museum and Exeter Museum (2). Site listed in the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project (3, 4).


<1> Cook W.H, 1923, Excursions [III - Geological Excursion to Lower Greensand Beds and Pleistocene Drifts at Aylesford]. (Article in serial). SKE51484.

<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p145 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M4.30 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites (Monograph). SWX6570.

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  • <1>XY Article in serial: Cook W.H. 1923. Excursions [III - Geological Excursion to Lower Greensand Beds and Pleistocene Drifts at Aylesford].. The South Eastern Naturalist 28: lxvi-lxx.. [Mapped feature: #92069 working floor, ]
  • <2> Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p145.
  • <3> Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M4.30.
  • <4> Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: The Southern rivers Palaeolithic Project (EKE20337)

Record last edited

Jul 20 2021 8:19PM