TQ 56 NE 98 - Late Neolithic or Bronze Age barrow, near Whitehill Road, Southfleet

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Monument record TQ 56 NE 98 - Late Neolithic or Bronze Age barrow, near Whitehill Road, Southfleet

Summary

A double ring ditched barrow, just west of Whitehill Road. No primary burial was found, but a flexed adult burial was recovered cutting through the backfill of the inner ditch. No pottery was found, but an amber bead necklace was associated with the secondary burial.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 59870 69770 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet	TQ56NE
County	KENT
District	DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

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<1> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2000, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 1 of 2) (Unpublished document). SKE12773.

<2> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2000, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 2 of 2)
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 2of 2) (Unpublished document). Ske12774.

<2> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Radiocarbon dates from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16490.

<3> Museum of London Archaeology Service, August 2001, Area 330 (Zone 1) Whitehill Barrow (ARC WHR 99) Archaeological Post Excavation report (Unpublished document). SWX12888.

<4> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2000, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 2 of 2)
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 2of 2) (Unpublished document). SKE12774.

<5> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The Prehistoric Landscape at Whitehill Road Barrow, Longfield and New Barn, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17841.

Sources/Archives (6)

<1> SKE12773 Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 2000. Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 1 of 2).
<2> SKE12774 Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 2000. Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 2 of 2) Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 2of 2).
<2> SKE16490 Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. Radiocarbon dates from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent.
<3> SWX12888 Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. August 2001. Area 330 (Zone 1) Whitehill Barrow (ARC WHR 99) Archaeological Post Excavation report.
<4> SKE12774 Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 2000. Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 2 of 2) Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contracts 330 & 350 Watching Brief ARC 330 98 Interim Report (Volume 2of 2).
<5> SKE17841 Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. The Prehistoric Landscape at Whitehill Road Barrow, Longfield and New Barn, Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Intrusive Event: Area 330 (Zone 1) Whitehill Barrow (ARC WHR 99) excavation (Ref: S/300/0052/P381) (EWX9167)
Intrusive Event: Package 330 General Watching Brief (Ref: ARC 330 98) (EKE9059)

Record last edited

Sep 21 2012 10:48AM