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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 435 |
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| Type of record: | Pleistocene Environmental Findspot |
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| Name: | PEFS - Dartford, N side of rail-cutting: mollusc-rich deposits |
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Summary
PEFS - Dartford, N side of rail-cutting: parallel-bedded mollusc-rich deposits thought to be equivalent to the Crayford brickearths
| Grid Reference: | TQ 53540 74715 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Associated Finds
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Full description
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PEFS - Dartford, N side of rail-cutting: parallel-bedded mollusc-rich deposits noted in late 19th century (1), thought to be equivalent to the Crayford brickearth in nearby Erith, where important Palaeolithic and palaeoenvironmental remains have been found (2, 3, 4)
<1> Prestwich J, , 1891, On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. , p153 (Article in serial). ske55094.
<2> Spurrell FCJ,, 1880, On the discovery of the place where Palaeolithic implements were made at Crayford. (Article in serial). SKE32229.
<3> Kennard AS, 1944, The Crayford Brickearths (Article in serial). ske55105.
<4> Cook, J, 1986, A blade industry from Stoneham's Pit, Crayford (Article in serial). ske55106.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Prestwich J, . 1891. On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 47: 126-163. p153. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ,. 1880. On the discovery of the place where Palaeolithic implements were made at Crayford.. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 36: 544-548.. |
| <3> | Article in serial: Kennard AS. 1944. The Crayford Brickearths. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 45: 121-169.. |
| <4> | Article in serial: Cook, J. 1986. A blade industry from Stoneham's Pit, Crayford. |
