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Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierSite Name: Frindsbury Chalk QuarryCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.217 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Strood
Map Ref: TQ74596970
Latitude: 51.399464N Longitude: 0.508441E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Axes and scrapers of St. Acheul II types, hammer stones, large numbers of untrimmed flakes and massive cores were found on a flint working site excavated in 1924 in a chalk quarry near Frindsbury Church, at a height of 102 ft. O.D.
The quarry in which this Palaeolithic flint working site was discovered has been greatly enlarged but the quarry foreman stated that to the best of his knowledge no further finds had been noticed during quarrying. Implements from this site were seen in Rochester Museum where they were classified as Chellean, Acheulian and Mousterian.
This quarry is now disused and a factory built on its site."
There are other disused chalk quarries in the immediate area.
Source: Exploring Kent's Past
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