Scheduled Monument: Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole (1003557)
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| Date assigned | |
| Date last amended | 05 April 1989 |
Description
Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole (close to Ebsfleet International Station)
Area bounded by a quarry cliffe where partial excavation in 1970-1 revealed rich deposits of fauna and bone and flint artefacts of the Eemian Interglacial Period; also evidence for a skin tannery. Now the most important site in the area.
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Sources (1)
- SKE16191 Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 6115 7425 (215m by 495m) |
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| Map sheet | TQ67SW |
| County | KENT |
| District | DARTFORD, KENT |
| Civil Parish | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
- Ebbsfleet Area B (Baker's Hole), with Palaeolithic Levalloisian occupation floors, mammalian fossils and other palaeo-environmental remains (Monument) (TQ 67 SW 448)
- Ebbsfleet Site A, Northfleet allotments, abundant mammalian fossils and other palaeo-environmental remains, and a few lithic artefacts (Pleistocene Environmental Findspot) (TQ 67 SW 449)
Record last edited
May 26 2011 1:11PM