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Monument record TQ 67 SW 1438 - Castle Hill (formerly Eastern Quarry, Area B): Palaeolithic artefacts and mollusc remains
Summary
At least five handaxes and 40 pieces of debitage were found during investigations in this part of the Castle Hill site, initially as part of the wider Area B evaluation, and then subsequently during targeted investigations in conjunction with the construction of a surface water drainage pond. Molluscan remains were also recovered from sampling of fine-grained sand/silt sediments lower down the sequence. The artefacts come from, and were abundant in, three main depositional groups: Swanscombe Boyn Hill Terrace group, Ebbsfleet fluvial gravels and the High-level clayey/silty sands. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6095 7372 (point) Accurate in Source |
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Map sheet | TQ67SW |
County | KENT |
District | DARTFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2006, Eastern Quarry (Area B and Additional Areas) Swanscombe, Kent: Archaeological Investigations. (Unpublished document). SKE32274.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, Weldon (Eastern Quarry), Swanscombe, Kent: Archaeological Watching Brief on Attenuation Basin and Associated Drainage. (Unpublished document). SKE32295.
<3> 2014, Eastern Quarry (Castle Hill), Landform, Groundwork and Drainage (North-East Local Park and Northern Road) Programme, Planning Application DA/13/01327/EQCHC: Written Scheme of Investigation for Palaeolithic Archaeological Mitigation. (Unpublished document). SKE32276.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SKE32274 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2006. Eastern Quarry (Area B and Additional Areas) Swanscombe, Kent: Archaeological Investigations..
- <2> SKE32295 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. Weldon (Eastern Quarry), Swanscombe, Kent: Archaeological Watching Brief on Attenuation Basin and Associated Drainage..
- <3> SKE32276 Unpublished document: 2014. Eastern Quarry (Castle Hill), Landform, Groundwork and Drainage (North-East Local Park and Northern Road) Programme, Planning Application DA/13/01327/EQCHC: Written Scheme of Investigation for Palaeolithic Archaeological Mitigation..
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (117)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, excavation of trenches in advance of enlargement of drainage basin and subsequent Watching Brief (Ref: 89930) (EKE16153)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 1.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19355)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 10.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19369)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 11.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19370)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 12.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19371)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 12.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19372)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 13.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19373)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 13.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19374)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 14.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19375)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 14.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19376)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 14.3 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19377)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 15.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19378)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 15.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19379)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 16.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19380)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 17.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19381)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 17.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19382)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 18.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19383)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 18.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19384)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 2.1a (Ref: 61040) (EKE19356)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 2.1b (Ref: 61040) (EKE19357)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 2.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19358)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 21.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19385)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 21.1E (Ref: 61040) (EKE19386)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 22.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19387)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 22.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19388)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 24.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19389)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 26.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19390)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 26.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19391)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 27.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19392)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 3.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19359)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 3.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19360)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 30.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19393)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 33.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19394)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 35.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19395)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 37.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19396)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 38.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19397)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 38.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19398)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 4.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19361)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 4.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19362)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 40.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19399)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 40.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19400)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 41.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19401)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 42.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19402)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 42.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19403)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 43.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19404)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 43.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19405)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 44.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19406)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 44.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19407)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 45.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19408)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 45.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19409)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 46.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19410)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 46.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19411)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 47.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19412)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 47.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19413)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 48.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19414)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 48.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19415)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 49.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19416)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 49.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19417)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 5.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19363)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 50.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19418)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 50.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19419)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 51 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19420)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 51.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19421)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 51.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19422)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 52.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19423)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 53.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19424)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 53.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19425)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 54.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19426)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 55.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19427)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 57 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19428)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 58 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19429)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 59 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19430)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 6.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19364)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 6.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19365)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 60 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19431)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 61 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19432)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 62 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19433)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 7.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19366)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 7.2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19367)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Pal TP 8.1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19368)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 1 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19313)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 10 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19322)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 11 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19323)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 12 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19324)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 13 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19325)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 14 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19326)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 15 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19327)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 16 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19328)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 17 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19329)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 18 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19330)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 2 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19314)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 21 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19331)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 22 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19332)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 24 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19333)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 26 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19334)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 29 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19335)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 3 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19315)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 30 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19336)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 32 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19337)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 33 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19338)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 34 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19339)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 35 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19340)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 36 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19341)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 37 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19342)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 4 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19316)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 48 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19343)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 49 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19344)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 5 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19317)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 50 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19345)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 51 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19346)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 52 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19347)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 53 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19348)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 6 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19318)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 7 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19319)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 8 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19320)
- Intrusive Event: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation - Tr 9 (Ref: 61040) (EKE19321)
- Event Boundary: Eastern Quarry, Area B, first main evaluation (Ref: 61040) (EKE16137)
Record last edited
Nov 5 2020 6:14PM