Findspot record TQ 67 SE 379 - Worked flint scatter, Hever Court Road, Gravesend
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6517 7083 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ67SE |
Civil Parish | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A small quantity of worked flint was recovered during the excavation phase of the project, mainly residual in later contexts, "but a few – those from SMS Contexts (02) and (48) - are associated with prehistoric flint-tempered sherds". (1)
Some flints were also found during the evaluation on the same site.
"CONTEXT : 3 Trench 5
1 worked flint (weight : 38gms)
Comment : Battered semi-cortical nodule, land source, unpatinated grey flint, re-worked and used as a crude broad side-scraper
Likely context date : Later Prehistoric, mid second-earlier first millennium BC probably
CONTEXT : 3 Trench 6
1 worked flint (weight : 39gms)
Comment : Re-worked naturally broken semi-cortical nodule, grey land flint – utilised as crude side scraper
CONTEXT : 18 Trench 7
1 worked flint (weight : 19gms)
1 fragment burnt flint (weight : 5gms)
Comment : Flint = cortical flake, patinated glauconitic pebble flint, naturally broken; burnt flint = small
fragment. BOTH DISCARDED
CONTEXT : 24 Trench 9
1 worked flint (weight : 10gms)
Comment : Flint = Semi-cortical flake, unpatinated grey flint, trimmed on one side, notched on other, ? used asa spokeshave
CONTEXT : 30 Trench 6
Flint : 1 (weight : 12gms)
Comment : Flake, unpatinated grey flint - utilised
CONTEXT : 33 Trench 1
1 worked flint (weight : 2gms)
Comment : Semi-cortical flake, glauconitic grey flint, waste" (2)
<1> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2010, Archaeological Excavation on Land at Hever Court Road, Gravesend, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31874.
<2> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2010, Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Hever Court Road, Gravesend, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31852.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SKE31874 Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 2010. Archaeological Excavation on Land at Hever Court Road, Gravesend, Kent.
- <2> SKE31852 Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 2010. Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Hever Court Road, Gravesend, Kent.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Intrusive Event: Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Hever Court Road, Gravesend, Kent (Ref: HCR-EV-10) (EKE15662)
- Intrusive Event: Archaeological Excavation on Land at Hever Court Road, Gravesend, Kent (Ref: HCR-EX-10) (EKE15667)
- Intrusive Event: Archaeological post-excavation report on land at Hever Court Road, Gravesend, Kent (Ref: HCR-EX-10) (EKE15684)
Record last edited
Nov 30 2016 11:28AM