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HER 6986 - Upper Palaeolithic flints: Wey Manor Farm Phase 7 and 8 areas
Archaeological evaluation and excavation by SCAU on the phase 7 and 8 area of this ongoing minerals extraction site. The evaluation produced evidence of a field system of predominately Post-medieval date, as well as a number of ditches of uncertain and probably various dates. Three areas revealed features which contained material indicative of Prehistoric and Saxon dates. Further excavation of the phase 7 area revealed further non-structural Saxon features, as well as a discrete area containing a scatter of struck flints. The area contained nearly 400 pristine and unpatinated flints lying in-situ within the matrix of a river/clay deposit, and dating to the Late Upper Palaeolithic period. The area was carefully excavated, each flint being individually plotted and numbered and retrieved. The complete assemblage included examples of long blades, smaller blades, bladelets, and flakes, with some pieces retouched to provide backed points, scrapers and a burin, as well as miscellaneous debitage from working practices. Post-excavation analyses of the material is ongoing, but the site may be one of less than a handful of this period in the country to be found in such a riverine context rather than a cave environment.
| Record Type | Monument |
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| Grid Reference | TQ 061 639 |
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| Parish | Chertsey |
| District | Runnymede, Surrey |
| Evidence Type | Monument Type | Date Range: |
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| Finds: flint SUB SURFACE DEPOSIT | FLINT SCATTER LITHIC WORKING SITE Flint Knapping Site | Prehistoric Upper Palaeolithic |
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