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| Name: | Area of Palaeolithic Potential, Spring Hill Sand and Gravel |
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| HER Reference: | WSM56945 |
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| Type of record: | Geology |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 384 252 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO32NE |
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| Parish: | Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEPOSIT (Marine Isotope Stage 10 - 372050 BC to 335050 BC)
Full description
There is potential for reworked artefacts within or associated with these deposits as is evidenced by the presence of MIS 11 or 9 (or earlier) handaxes from Madresfield and Queenshill/Upton on Severn.
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 | Unpublished document: Daffern, N., Russell, O.. 2014.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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