Monument record TQ 76 NW 431 - Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flint-knapping workshop on valley-side above chalk quarry, east of All Saints Church, Frindsbury

Summary

Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flint-knapping workshop on valley-side above chalk quarry, east of All Saints Church, Frindsbury, excavated in 1924, and the majority of the material now held at the British Museum. Although a few handaxes (3 were reported, but there are only 2 in the main British Museum collection) were found, the great majority of the material recovered represents simple minimally-structured production of flakes from cores

Location

Grid reference TQ 7457 6973 (point) accurate in sources
Map sheet TQ76NW
County KENT
Civil Parish FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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<1> OS Card / NAR index, OS 6" 1932 8 (Unpublished document). SKE6461.

<2> Cook, W.H. & Killick, J.R., 1924, On the discovery of a flint-working site of Palaeolithic date in the Medway Valley at Rochester, Kent (Article in serial). SKE13240.

<3> Wheatley SW, 1902, Notes and discoveries: Find of flint instruments and workshop at Frindsbury. (Article in serial). SKE51544.

<4> Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document). SKE29351.

<5> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 153 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M5.7 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 5.7 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index. OS 6" 1932 8.
  • <2> Article in serial: Cook, W.H. & Killick, J.R.. 1924. On the discovery of a flint-working site of Palaeolithic date in the Medway Valley at Rochester, Kent. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia 4: 133-149. : .
  • <3> Article in serial: Wheatley SW. 1902. Notes and discoveries: Find of flint instruments and workshop at Frindsbury.. Archaeologia Cantiana 38: 183-184..
  • <4> Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G.. 2007. Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent).
  • <5> Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p 153.
  • <6> Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M5.7.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. M 5.7.

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Chalk quarry east of Frindsbury Church, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project review of existing information (Ref: MVPP: FRNDEX01) (EKE9522)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Frindsbury Church, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project review of existing information (Ref: MVPP: FRCH01) (EKE9521)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: The Southern rivers Palaeolithic Project (EKE20337)

Record last edited

Feb 3 2021 3:11PM