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| Name: | Area of Palaeolithic Potential, Bretford Sand and Gravel |
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| HER Reference: | WSM56930 |
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| Type of record: | Geology |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 399 246 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO32SE |
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| Parish: | Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEPOSIT (Marine Isotope Stage 02 to 21ST CENTURY AD - 27050 BC to 2050 AD)
Associated Events
- Find of mammoth bone, near Salford Priors (Ref: WSM36081)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Flood Risk Assessment (NHPP)
- SHINE
Full description
These gravels represent the latest phase of the Devensian. Evidence has been recovered from gravels at Bredon's Hardwick and in the Carrant Brook environs. The Member is dated to Marine Isotope Stage 2 to Stage 1.
In 2013 research was performed by Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology service for the National Heritage Protection Plan Project "Putting the Palaeolithic into Worcestershire's HER". The project identified a number of areas of palaeolithic potential. [1]
Sources and further reading
| <1*> | Unpublished document: Daffern, N., Russell, O.. 2014. Putting the Palaeolithic into Worcestershire's HER: creating an evidence base and toolkit. Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service. Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service. |
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