TQ 44 SE 11 - Mesolithic/Neolithic rock shelter, Mesolithic flints, hearth, Neolithic pottery found 1957-62

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Monument record TQ 44 SE 11 - Mesolithic/Neolithic rock shelter, Mesolithic flints, hearth, Neolithic pottery found 1957-62

Summary

A number of Mesolithic flints, hearths and some Neolithic pottery were found during excavations at rock shelters in Stonewall Park, Chiddingstone between 1957-62. the shelters are located in a sheltered valley close to a spring. The flint assemblage included cores and microcores, scrapers, blades, flakes and gravers. These are in the J.H. Money Collection in the Tunbridge Wells Museum.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 4997 4241 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ44SE
County	KENT
Civil Parish	CHIDDINGSTONE, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District	SEVENOAKS, KENT

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ROCK SHELTER (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full Description

<1> F1 ASP 11-FEB-1963 Oral: Lt Col Meade-Wolds, Chiddingstone Heath 7 2 63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42050.

<2> F2 ASP 18-FEB-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE43127.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 44 SE 11 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2664.

<4> Sussex Arch Coll 98 1960 221 no 28 (J H Money) (OS Card Reference). SKE49772.

<5> Letter: J H Money 12 2 63 (County file 27a) (OS Card Reference). SKE46120.

<6> Sussex Arch Coll 98 1960 221 No 28 (OS Card Reference). SKE49771.

<7> F3 ASP 01-MAR-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE43367.

<8> CBA Res Rep 20 Gaz Me Sites in Eng & Wales 1977 146 (J J Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38873.

<9> R M Jacobi MA. PhD (OS Card Reference). SKE48912.

<10> J H Money MA FSA (OS Card Reference). SKE44806.

<11> BAR 76 1980 39 Prehist Wales (J A Taylor)(article R M Jacobi) (OS Card Reference). SKE37564.

Sources/Archives (11)

<1> SKE42050 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 11-FEB-1963 Oral: Lt Col Meade-Wolds, Chiddingstone Heath 7 2 63.
<2> SKE43127 OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 18-FEB-1963.
<3>XY SKE2664 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 44 SE 11 - March, 1963. [Mapped feature: #40046 rock shelters, ]
<4> SKE49772 OS Card Reference: Sussex Arch Coll 98 1960 221 no 28 (J H Money).
<5> SKE46120 OS Card Reference: Letter: J H Money 12 2 63 (County file 27a).
<6> SKE49771 OS Card Reference: Sussex Arch Coll 98 1960 221 No 28.
<7> SKE43367 OS Card Reference: F3 ASP 01-MAR-1963.
<8> SKE38873 OS Card Reference: CBA Res Rep 20 Gaz Me Sites in Eng & Wales 1977 146 (J J Wymer).
<9> SKE48912 OS Card Reference: R M Jacobi MA. PhD.
<10> SKE44806 OS Card Reference: J H Money MA FSA.
<11> SKE37564 OS Card Reference: BAR 76 1980 39 Prehist Wales (J A Taylor)(article R M Jacobi).

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Intrusive Event: STONEWALL PARK (Ref: EI 14675) (EKE3774)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2021 12:13PM