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Name:Area of Palaeolithic Potential, Wasperton Sand and Gravel
HER Reference:WSM56946
Type of record:Geology
Grid Reference:SO 398 256
Map Sheet:SO32NE
Parish:Alvechurch, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Monument Types

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEPOSIT (Marine Isotope Stage 04 to Marine Isotope Stage 02 - 69050 BC to 12050 BC)

Associated Events

  • Desk Based Assessment in 2016 at Roxley Stud, Fladbury (Ref: WSM68005)
  • Excavation in 2020 on Land at Hill Moor, Lower Moor (Ref: WSM73120)

Protected Status

  • Historic Environment Flood Risk Assessment (NHPP)
  • SHINE
  • SHINE

Full description

Yields abundant faunal and artefactual remains including extensive Neanderthal and early Homo sapien artefacts. Locally overlies and contains the channel-filling organics of the Fladbury Beds.

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]

A Palaeolithic flint end scraper was found in Lower Moor during an excavation in 2020. Slight dulling to the edges implies some, but not extensive, fluvial transport. It is considered most likely to date to Marine Isotope Stage 3. [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Unpublished document: Daffern, N., Russell, O.. 2014.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*>Unpublished document: Walsh, A. 2020. Archaeological excavation at Hill Moor, Manor Road, Lower Moor, Worcestershire. Worcestershire Archaeology. Worcestershire Archaeology. 2840.

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