This is a list of British palaeolithic sites.

Lower palaeolithic

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The earliest lower palaeolithic sites in Britain date to about 700,000 BP.[1]

Site Location Description Dating
Waverley Wood Farm Warwickshire
Happisburgh Suffolk
High Lodge Suffolk
East Farm, Barnham Suffolk
Hoxne Suffolk
Pakefield Suffolk
Beeches Pit Suffolk
Clacton Essex
Purfleet Essex
Swanscombe Kent
Boxgrove Sussex

Middle palaeolithic

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The boundary between the lower and middle palaeolithic in Britain falls between about 245,000 BP and 180,000 BP.[1]

Site Location Description
Kirkdale Cave Yorkshire

Upper palaeolithic

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The boundary between the middle and upper palaeolithic in Britain falls between about 50,000 BP and 25,000 BP.[1] The mesolithic begins at about 11,600 BP.[2]

Site Location Description
Creswell Crags Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire

References

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  1. ^ a b c Alexander Lang and Paul Preston, "The Palaeolithic Period", in Adkins, Adkins, & Leach, Handbook, pp. 1–3.
  2. ^ Paul Preston, "The Mesolithic Period", in Adkins, Adkins, & Leach, Handbook, pp. 23–25.