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Pleistocene Environmental Findspot record TQ 96 SW 1249 - Bunce's Farm brick field, Tonge, Sittingbourne: mammoth and woolly rhino bones
Summary
Bunce's Farm brick field, Tonge, Sittingbourne: mammoth and woolly rhino bones
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 928 639 (point) Accurate in Source |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ96SW |
| County | KENT |
| District | SWALE, KENT |
| Civil Parish | TONGE, SWALE, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Mammoth and woolly rhino bones were found in abundance in late 1903 within "an area of 80 yards" c. 10ft below the ground surface in a thick brickearth spread c. 200m south-east of Tonge church (St Giles), in vicinity of old brick pit near Bunce's Farm (1, 2)
<1> Newton ET, 1904, Palaeontological work, p62 (Article in monograph). SKE29913.
<2> Dines, H.G., Holmes, S.C.A. & Robbie, J.A., 1954, Geology of the Country around Chatham (One-inch Geological Sheet 272, New Series), p112 (Monograph). SKE29863.
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Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Oct 9 2014 11:12AM