Findspot record TQ 67 SW 504 - Bronze Age worked flints and burnt flints, Northfleet Riding School West

Summary

Worked flints and burnt flints, Northfleet Riding School West site as part of fieldwalking for the route of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 1994.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6318 7146 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SW
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

In 1994 Oxford Archaeological Unit conducted fieldwalking over the route of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Overall 109 flakes, 3 core fragments and 794 burnt unworked flints were found whilst fieldwalking as well as two retouched forms, possibly an end or side scaper and a frgment of a knife or scraper. The type of knapping is consistent with Bronze Age flint working, there is little concern and control of the knapping itself leading to this inference. But the retouch forms are also undiagnostic. The possible knife or scraper fragment could be Neolthic or Early Bronze Age. Burnt flint too is common on Bronze Age sites and there is a high density here. (1)


<1> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1994, Union Railways Limited Channel Tunnel Rail Link: 1994 Surface Collection Survey Part 1 of 2, August 1995 (Unpublished document). SKE17270.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1994. Union Railways Limited Channel Tunnel Rail Link: 1994 Surface Collection Survey Part 1 of 2, August 1995.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Fieldwalking for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (EKE11531)

Record last edited

May 10 2012 10:19AM