Findspot record TQ 93 SE 5 - Mesolithic to Bronze Age flint artefacts
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 9638 3350 (point) FCE |
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Map sheet | TQ93SE |
County | KENT |
District | ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | KENARDINGTON, ASHFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Flint field, Ellis Barn Farm, a six acre field centred at (TQ) 96383351 has yielded numerous surface finds following ploughing of mesolithic implements, including points, blades and cores. No trace of habitation or working floors are visible in the area. the site wasfirst reported by the late Major Teichman Derville as a "late neolithic or early bronze age chipping floor", whose finds cannot be traced for comparision with later finds. (1,2) Further visits by Mr Bradshaw have produced more material from this field, mostly Me: but also some Ne. There is a general scatter without any particular concentrations. The field is at present under winter wheat. All the finds since 1965 are retained by Mr Bradshaw. (3) (TQ) 963335. Numerous mesolithic implements from Ellis Barn field, Kenardington, now in the J. Bradshaw collection comprise 6 tranchet axe/adze sharpening flakes 88 micro and blade cores 809 blades and flakes unretouched 55 scrapers 4 gravers 389 other artifacts 5 microliths Information from J. Bradshaw. (4)
<1> Arch Cant 82 1967 xlix-l (J Bradshaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE35760.
<2> Arch Cant 56 1943 xxii (M Teichman Derville) (OS Card Reference). SKE35294.
<3> Mr J Bradshsw, 8 Forest Cottages, Challock (OS Card Reference). SKE47389.
<4> F1 ASP 14.11.69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42093.
<5> CBA Res Rep 20 Gaz Me Sites in Eng & W 1977 152 (J J Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38871.
<6> Field report for monument TQ 93 SE 5 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4721.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SKE35760 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 82 1967 xlix-l (J Bradshaw).
- <2>XY SKE35294 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 56 1943 xxii (M Teichman Derville). [Mapped feature: #32986 find, ]
- <3> SKE47389 OS Card Reference: Mr J Bradshsw, 8 Forest Cottages, Challock.
- <4> SKE42093 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14.11.69.
- <5> SKE38871 OS Card Reference: CBA Res Rep 20 Gaz Me Sites in Eng & W 1977 152 (J J Wymer).
- <6> SKE4721 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 93 SE 5 - November, 1969.
Finds (7)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 4000 BC)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
Oct 23 2024 12:51PM