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

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

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 English Heritage, 2003, Letter re: English Heritage projects in Kent (Unpublished document).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 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2003.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

Finds (9)

Protected Status/Designation

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Related Thematic Articles (1)

Record last edited

Apr 19 2024 3:20PM