TR 35 SE 56 - Possible Neolithic working floor, flakes, potboilers etc

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Monument record TR 35 SE 56 - Possible Neolithic working floor, flakes, potboilers etc

Summary

Flint flakes, simple tools, pot boilers and fragments of coarse pottery were exposed in the loam of the north face of a now disused brick-earth pit at Coldblow Farm and a possible Neolithic working floor.

Location

Grid reference	TR 3581 5005 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR35SE
County	KENT
District	DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish	RIPPLE, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

LITHIC WORKING SITE (FLINT WORKING SITE, Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full Description

Flint flakes, simple tools, pot boilers and fragments of coarse pottery were exposed in the loam of the N face of a now disused brick-earth pit at Coldblow Farm, Ripple (a) and a working floor was seen by Dewey in 1927. The pit, now under pasture, is centred at TR 358 5005, and 'Neolithic finds' are shown as having been found here on a map in Deal Castle Museum. No further information could be obtained during fieldwork. (1) additional reference (3-4)

<1> F1 ASP 22-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42235.

<2> The Invaders Shore 1937 1 2 (WPD Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE50379.

<3> Geology of the County near Ramsgate and Dover, 14 (H Dewey) (OS Card Reference). SKE43614.

<4> Field report for monument TR 35 SE 56 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6114.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1>XY SKE42235 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 22-JUL-64. [Mapped feature: #58785 find, ]
<2> SKE50379 OS Card Reference: The Invaders Shore 1937 1 2 (WPD Stebbing).
<3> SKE43614 OS Card Reference: Geology of the County near Ramsgate and Dover, 14 (H Dewey).
<4> SKE6114 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 35 SE 56 - July, 1964.