Monument record TQ 57 SE 96 - Mesolithic flintworking and small prehistoric lake site

Summary

During the Mesolithic period the lake seems to have been the focus of a flint working industry. No features are recorded as being found, but a large quantity of struck flint was recorded including twenty-five trenchet axes. In 2003 a large scale evaluation, as part of proposed improvements to the A2/A282, took place across the small lane, to the north east. A number of lithic were found reflecting a similar dated deposit sequence recorded during the earlier 1975 - 1982 excavations. It is likely that the deposit sequence recorded around NGR TQ5531272449 is a continuation of the activity site found during the eariler excavation work.

Location

Grid reference TQ 553 723 (point) Centred on
Map sheet TQ57SE
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish DARENTH, DARTFORD, KENT

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Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994 Jan, A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment (Unpublished document). SWX6767.

Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994 Jan, A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment (Unpublished document). SWX6767.

Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, 1998, Neolithic and Iron Age sites at Darenth, Kent (Bibliographic reference). SKE13568.

Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, 1998, Neolithic and Iron Age sites at Darenth, Kent (Bibliographic reference). Ske13568.

<1> Edna Mynott, 1976, A Major Prehistoric Site Discovered at Darenth, Kent, Kent Arch Rev 65 1981 102-3 (B.Philp) (Article in serial). SKE12019.

<2> Philp, B. J., 2002, Archaeology in the Front Line: 50 Years of Kent Rescue 1952 - 2002, p120-24 (Monograph). SKE11928.

<3> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, A2/A282 Dartford Improvement Kent: Stage II Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE12021.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit. 1998. Neolithic and Iron Age sites at Darenth, Kent.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit. 1998. Neolithic and Iron Age sites at Darenth, Kent.
  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994 Jan. A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment.
  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994 Jan. A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment.
  • <1> Article in serial: Edna Mynott. 1976. A Major Prehistoric Site Discovered at Darenth, Kent. 43 p60-61. Kent Arch Rev 65 1981 102-3 (B.Philp).
  • <2>XY Monograph: Philp, B. J.. 2002. Archaeology in the Front Line: 50 Years of Kent Rescue 1952 - 2002. p120-24. [Mapped feature: #72773 find, ]
  • <3> Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2003. A2/A282 Dartford Improvement Kent: Stage II Archaeological Evaluation.

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  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Excavation of a Mesolithic and Neolithic Site (EKE8268)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation of Prehistoric Sites at Darenth (EKE8267)

Record last edited

Oct 25 2024 12:22PM