Monument record TQ 67 SW 456 - Numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (and other flint artefacts) from gravel overlying the Southfleet Road "Ebbsfleet elephant" site

Summary

More than 30 Palaeolithic handaxes, 5 cores, 11 flake-tools and more than 120 pieces of flint debitage were recovered from palaeo-Ebbsfleet gravels capping the sequence at the HS1 Southfleet Road Ebbsfleet elephant butchery site. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference TQ 61161 73273 (point) Accurate in Source
Map sheet TQ67SW
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> Wenban-Smith F.F et al, 2006, The Clactonian elephant butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet, UK (Article in serial). SKE16088.

<2> Oxford Archaeology, 2013, The Ebbsfleet Elephant, Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4 (Monograph). SKE53196.

<3> Oxford Archaeology, 2013, The Ebbsfleet Elephant, Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4 (Monograph). SKE53196.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Article in serial: Wenban-Smith F.F et al. 2006. The Clactonian elephant butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet, UK. Journal of Quaternary Science 21(5): 471-483.
  • <2> Monograph: Oxford Archaeology. 2013. The Ebbsfleet Elephant, Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4.
  • <3> Monograph: Oxford Archaeology. 2013. The Ebbsfleet Elephant, Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (23)

  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Transect 1 (EKE18313)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Transect 2 (EKE18314)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Transect 3 (EKE18315)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench A (EKE18309)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench B (EKE18310)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench C (EKE18311)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench D (EKE18312)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench I (EKE18316)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench II (EKE18317)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench III (EKE18318)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench IV (EKE18319)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench IX (EKE18324)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench V (EKE18320)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench VI (EKE18321)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench VII (EKE18322)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench VIII (EKE18323)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench X (EKE18325)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench XI (EKE18326)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench XII (EKE18327)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench XIII (EKE18328)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench XIV (EKE18329)
  • Intrusive Event: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet - Trench XV (EKE18330)
  • Event Boundary: The Clactonian Elephant Butchery Site, Excavation at Southfleet Road, Ebbsfleet (EKE10414)

Related Thematic Articles (2)

Record last edited

Feb 25 2021 10:49AM