Palaeolithic flint object found near Kenilworth.

Description of this historic site

Findspot - a flint dating to the Palaeolithic period was found 500m south east of Crackley Hill.

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Notes about this historic site

1 A crude Palaeolithic implement, probably Levalloisian or Mousterian in view of the facetted butt. Found in the largest gravel pit on Kenilworth Common.
2 Now in Coventry Museum. No further information was obtained on the findspot.
3 One flake thought to be Levallois.

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Locations
Kenilworth (513)
Subjects
Objects and Finds (2468)
Time periods
Palaeolithic - 1 million BC - 10,000 BC (299)
Pleistocene - 2.6 million BC - 10,000 BC (301)
Alternative reference number
MWA3236

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