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| Name: | Area of Palaeolithic Potential, Bushley Green Member |
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| HER Reference: | WSM56933 |
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| Type of record: | Geology |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 861 517 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO85SE |
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| Parish: | Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEPOSIT (Marine Isotope Stage 08 - 298050 BC to 241050 BC)
Full description
The Bushley Green Member gravels overlie the Hill House Beds (formerly Bushley Green Beds - dated to Marine Isotope Stage 9) comprising of up to 1.5m of sand and gravel containing molluscs of cool temperate climate. There is also potential for reworked artefacts within or associated with these deposits as is evidenced by the presence of Marine Isotope Stage 11 or 9 (or earlier) handaxes from Madresfield and Queenshill/Upton on Severn. The Member is dated to Marine Isotope Stage 8.
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 | Unpublished document: Daffern, N., Russell, O.. 2014.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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