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ID:SKE53442
Title:Baker's Hole SM and SSSI, strategic condition field survey, final report, current condition and future management recommendations, draft for discussion
Originator:Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Archaeology
Date:2015
Summary:This report presents results of the strategic condition field survey of the Baker's Hole listed Palaeolithic ancient monument and Quaternary Site of special Scientific Interest.Work was carried out in two parts of the site, Areas B and F. The survey has established that important deposits are exposed and very vulnerable to rapid further deterioration in Area B, and urgent remedial action is required to halt the ongoing deterioration. It is recommended that the currently-exposed old archaeological trenches in Area B are backfilled as soon as possible with Thanet Sand.

Associated Monuments

TQ 67 SW 448Ebbsfleet Area B (Baker's Hole), with Palaeolithic Levalloisian occupation floors, mammalian fossils and other palaeo-environmental remains (Monument) ()
TQ 67 SW 1740Ebbsfleet Area C (Baker's Hole) Substantial area colluvial dry valley-fill deposits within SSSI (Monument) ()
TQ 67 SW 1739Ebbsfleet Area F (Baker's Hole) Substantial area of natural sediments within SSSI (Monument) ()
TQ 67 SW 449Ebbsfleet Site A, Northfleet allotments, abundant mammalian fossils and other palaeo-environmental remains, and a few lithic artefacts (Pleistocene Environmental Findspot) ()