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Name:Area of Palaeolithic Potential, Wasperton Sand and Gravel Lower Facet
HER Reference:WSM56948
Type of record:Geology
Grid Reference:SO 912 405
Map Sheet:SO94SW
Parish:Worcestershire

Monument Types

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEPOSIT (Marine Isotope Stage 04 - 69050 BC to 55050 BC)

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]

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Unpublished document: Daffern, N., Russell, O.. 2014.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.