Findspot record TQ 86 SE 356 - Mesolithic - Bronze Age worked flint, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne

Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age worked flint was identified during an evaluation at Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne carried out in 2021. These included a backed blade dating from the end of the last Glaciation or the early Mesolithic period, and a possible Mesolithic bladelet core (although the dating on this artefact is uncertain). Other worked flint artefacts including two scrapers and a number of flint flakes/blades and chips, some of which were dated to the Neolithic to Bronze Age. (1, 2)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2021, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne, Kent Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE55191.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2022, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne, Kent, Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design (Unpublished document). SKE57882.