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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> SKE16088 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> SKE53196 Monograph: Oxford Archaeology. 2013. The Ebbsfleet Elephant, Excavations at Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, in advance of High Speed 1, 2003-4.
- <3> SKE53196 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