TQ 65 NE 15 - Mesolithic site at Addington - Historic Environment Record

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Monument record TQ 65 NE 15 - Mesolithic site at Addington

Summary

During excavations in the burial chamber of the Chestnuts longbarrow in 1957 evidence of Mesolithic flintworking industry was found. The finds were recovered from beneath a peat layer. They include tranchet axes of various sizes, picks, a broken pebble macehead with hour glass perforation, cores, blades and flakes, scrapers, gravers, microliths, micro burins and other implements. These finds are now held in the British Museum In 1959 stratified knapping debris was also found in the cricket field 400 yards south west of the chamber. Two cores, 53 blades and flakes and two micro burins, all Mesolithic, were also found in a sand pit about 250 yards north west of Chestnuts. These finds are now in Maidstone Museum.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TQ 6530 5914 (367m by 513m) (3 map features)
Map sheet	TQ65NE
County	KENT
District	TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish	ADDINGTON, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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<1> Rec 6" (R F Jessup and J H Evans) Sept 1947 (OS Card Reference). SKE49070.

<2> Arch Cant 50 1938 147 (OS Card Reference). SKE35252.

<3> Arch NL 3 1950-1 86 (Ashbee) (OS Card Reference). SKE36791.

<4> Arch Cant 76 1962 1-57 (J Alexander) (OS Card Reference). SKE35609.

<5> F1 FGA 19-APR-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42943.

<6> Grana Palynologica 4 1 1963 14--148 Pollen Analysis of a Mesolithic Site at Addington Kent (G W Dimb (OS Card Reference). SKE43629.

<7> CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz of Me and Upper Pa Sites in England and Wales 143 (J J Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38859.

<8> S E England 1970 55 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE49357.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 65 NE 15 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3305.

<10> English Heritage, 2003, Letter re: English Heritage projects in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17517.

Sources/Archives (10)

<1> SKE49070 OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (R F Jessup and J H Evans) Sept 1947.
<2> SKE35252 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 50 1938 147.
<3> SKE36791 OS Card Reference: Arch NL 3 1950-1 86 (Ashbee).
<4> SKE35609 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 76 1962 1-57 (J Alexander).
<5> SKE42943 OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 19-APR-64.
<6> SKE43629 OS Card Reference: Grana Palynologica 4 1 1963 14--148 Pollen Analysis of a Mesolithic Site at Addington Kent (G W Dimb.
<7> SKE38859 OS Card Reference: CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz of Me and Upper Pa Sites in England and Wales 143 (J J Wymer).
<8> SKE49357 OS Card Reference: S E England 1970 55 (R F Jessup).
<9> SKE3305 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NE 15 - April, 1964.
<10> SKE17517 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2003. Letter re: English Heritage projects in Kent.

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Protected Status/Designation

Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Addington Neolithic long barrow, The Chestnuts Neolithic long barrow, and Mesolithic habitation activity

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Part of: The Chestnuts Neolithic long barrow (Monument) (TQ 65 NE 24)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Intrusive Event: Small excavation adjacent to The Chestnuts Long Barrow (EKE11892)

Record last edited

Apr 19 2024 3:20PM