Monument record TQ 86 NW 1013 - Mesolithic/Neolithic remains at Motney Hill, East Rainham, Gillingham
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 8315 6853 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ86NW |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Wessex Archaeology carried out trenching and boreholes prior to WTW enhancements at Motney Hill. Finds from the surface of the Woolwich Beds sand included worked flint with Mesolithic/early Neolithic characteristics and a few small crumbs of a probable single later Neolithic vessel. A small piece of wood with metal tooling marks plus large wood fragments, including one piece of tree in-situ. The finds confirm that the Woolwich Beds offered a terrestrial surface through the Mesolithic and into the Neolithic prior to inundation, with subseqeunt stabilisations represented by peat horizons (1).
Additional data (2,3)
<1> Firth, Antony, 2000, Development-led archaeology in coastal environments: ... Queenborough, Motney Hill & Gravesend, Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9351.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1996, Motney Hill WTW- Project Design (Unpublished document). SWX7132.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1996, K3489 - Motney Hill WTW Enhancements Technical Report: Archaeology (Unpublished document). SWX7245.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SWX9351 Unpublished document: Firth, Antony. 2000. Development-led archaeology in coastal environments: ... Queenborough, Motney Hill & Gravesend, Kent.
- <2> SWX7132 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. Motney Hill WTW- Project Design.
- <3> SWX7245 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. K3489 - Motney Hill WTW Enhancements Technical Report: Archaeology.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Intrusive Event: Archaeological evaluation at Motney Hill WTW (Ref: 41872) (EWX6652)
Record last edited
Oct 19 2017 3:42PM