Source/Archive record (Unpublished document) SKE12012 - Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary

Title Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2003

Abstract/Summary

Survey of sites in Kent and Essex effected by aggregate works. Second part of survey considering palaeolithic sites

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Description

Desk-top review of Palaeolithic finds and site visits/assessments by Francis Wenban-Smith and Peter Allen for all mineral extraction sites in study area. Reports and computer files

Location

Kent County Council Heritage 2004/109

Referenced Monuments (29)

  • 16 ovate Palaeolithic handaxes from New Craylands Lane Pit (East Side) (Monument)
  • Baker's Hole Palaeolithic Site, Southfleet Pit, Swanscombe - Levalloisian flints and fossil animal remains (Monument)
  • Bartholomew's Hill, Swanscombe, surface finds of 12 Palaeolithic handaxes and 3 debitage, found in late 19th Century (Findspot)
  • Bronze Age Pottery, Collyers Pit (Findspot)
  • Ebbsfleet Area B (Baker's Hole), with Palaeolithic Levalloisian occupation floors, mammalian fossils and other palaeo-environmental remains (Monument)
  • Globe Pit, Greenhithe, Palaeolithic handaxes found in early 20th Century (Findspot)
  • Handaxes, flakes, mammalian fossils and other palaeoenvironmental remains from 100 ft terrace deposits at Dierden's Pit, Knockhall Road (Monument)
  • Later Prehistoric skeleton "Galley Hill Man", interred in Pleistocene gravels at Galley Hill, Swanscombe (Monument)
  • Numerous Palaeolithic handaxes from Pearson's Pit, Dartford (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic artefacts and molluscan remains from Ricksons Pit, AKA Barracks Pit (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic flakes and mammalian fossils of uncertain date at Stone, Res 1. (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe and flakes from terrace gravels at Galley Hill Pit (N), aka "Higgins' Pit" (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe found in front garden at 14 St. James Road, Dartford in 1962 (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic Handaxe from Swanscombe Wood Clay Pit (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe, flakes and animal bones from gravel terrace outcrops to west of St. Botolph's church, Northfleet Northfleet (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe, mammalian fossils and molluscs from terrace sands/gravels at Dartford Brent (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic handaxes, flakes and mammoth remains from Smith's Pit, Warren Road (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic handaxes, other flint artefacts and animal bone from area E1, Eastern Quarry Area B, Swanscombe (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic land surfaces, working floors, flint findspots and faunal remains uncovered in Barnfield pit. (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic levallois flakes from New Craylands Lane Pit (East). (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic Working Site, Bowman's Lodge Gravel Pit (Monument)
  • Roman/ Iron Age features and Bronze Age pottery at East Hill House, East Hill, Dartford (Monument)
  • Site of Deposits with Palaeolithic potential the Galley Hill Pit complex. (Monument)
  • Southfleet, Bean/Stonewood brickyard: one Palaeolithic handaxe in Dartford Museum, circumstances of recovery unknown (Findspot)
  • The Swanscombe Skull, Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe (Monument)
  • Two Palaeolithic handaxes from Wood's pit, Dartford Heath (Monument)
  • Unprovenanced Palaeolithic artefacts and mammalian fossils from "Bevan's Pit" , the original late 19th C quarry also known as Baker's Hole (Findspot)
  • Wansunt Pit, new eastern access road, 4 Palaeolithic flakes from Dartford Heath Gravel. (Monument)
  • Wansunt Pit, numerous mint condition handaxes and flakes recovered from the "Wansunt Loam" in the eastern extension of the main Wansunt Pit, Dartford (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • EKE8260 Aggregates Levy Survey: Palaeolithic Sites

Record last edited

Nov 25 2020 6:48PM