Monument record TQ 67 SW 646 - Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) knapping scatter, Ebbsfleet Green

Summary

During a field evaluation in advance of housing development at Ebbsfleet green in 2014 an important assemblage of Upper Palaeolithic Long-Blade flints was uncovered. Further detailed excavation of the area produced a total of 354 flint artefacts including a huge blade more than 15cm long, and several other mint condition artefacts including another large Blade. The area has been interpreted as workshop where locally-obtained flint nodules were knapped, with desirable blade-products then being collected and taken away. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 6090 7327 (5m by 3m)
Map sheet TQ67SW
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> CgMs Consulting, 2014, An interim report on an archaeological evaluation (phase 4), strip, map and sample and palaeolithic mitigation: Ebbsfleet Green (formerly Northfleet West Sub-station), November 2014 (Unpublished document). SKE30736.

<2> CgMs Consulting, 2015, A report on an archaeological evaluation (phase 4), strip, map and sample and palaeolithic mitigation: Ebbsfleet Green (formerly Northfleet West Sub-station), March 2015 (Unpublished document). SKE30737.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: CgMs Consulting. 2014. An interim report on an archaeological evaluation (phase 4), strip, map and sample and palaeolithic mitigation: Ebbsfleet Green (formerly Northfleet West Sub-station), November 2014.
  • <2>XY Unpublished document: CgMs Consulting. 2015. A report on an archaeological evaluation (phase 4), strip, map and sample and palaeolithic mitigation: Ebbsfleet Green (formerly Northfleet West Sub-station), March 2015. [Mapped feature: #106921 Knapping site, ]

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event Boundary: Archaeological evaluation (trial trenching element) at Ebbsfleet Green (formerly Northfleet West Sub-Station), 2014 (EKE14061)
  • Intrusive Event: Archaeological evaluation (trial trenching element) at Ebbsfleet Green (formerly Northfleet West Sub-Station), 2014 - Tr 423 (EKE17146)
  • Event Boundary: Ebbsfleet Green housing development (formerly Northfleet West Sub-station), excavation of Final Upper Pal (Long Blade) knapping scatter. (Ref: KTSFL03) (EKE16147)

Record last edited

Sep 11 2020 3:23PM