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| Name: | Area of Palaeolithic Potential, Holt Heath Sand and Gravel Member |
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| HER Reference: | WSM56937 |
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| Type of record: | Geology |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 385 257 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO32NE |
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| Parish: | Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEPOSIT (Marine Isotope Stage 05d to Marine Isotope Stage 02 - 113050 BC to 12050 BC)
Associated Events
- Palaenvironmental deposit sampling prior to 1999 on land north-west of Hobden Hall Farm, Upton Warren (Ref: WSM49929)
- Environmental Study in 1960, south-east of Upton Warren (Ref: WSM04151)
- Evaluation in 2018 on land off Stourbridge Road, Kidderminster (Ref: WSM70393)
Protected Status
- SHINE
- Historic Environment Flood Risk Assessment (NHPP)
Full description
Stourbridge beds containing Ipswichian (Marine Isotope Stage 5e) fauna including Hippopotamus at base of Holt Heath in Stour Valley. It is unknown whether this presence occurs elsewhere in the Severn system. Interbedded organic beds occur within the Holt Heath gravels elsewhere, particularly noteworthy being Upton Warren where Devensian faunal and palaeoenvironmental remains were recovered. Chronology of deposition of the Holt Heath Member is poorly understood but Luminescence Dating has been successful, therefore refining the chronology of this member is a priority. The deposits are dated to Marine Isotope Stage 5d to Stage 2. 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][2]
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 | Unpublished document: Daffern, N., Russell, O.. 2014.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. |
| <2*> | Bibliographic reference: Coope, G.R., Shotton, F.W. & Strachan, I.. 1961. A Late Pleistocene Fauna and Flora From Upton Warren, Worcestershire. Phil Trans R Soc B. |
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