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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 297 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Palaeolandscape features, near Chatham Docks, Gillingham |
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Summary
A palaeolandsurface associated with burnt flints was located, along with a linear feature. Diatom analysis indicates that this context may have been deposited during brackish water conditions. Geophysical techniques failed to locate possible archaeological features.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7663 6979 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BURIED LAND SURFACE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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Few archaeological features were located in this area, finds being concentrated in 1 layer of trench 2. A palaeolandsurface associated with burnt flints was located, along with a linear feature. Diatom analysis indicates that this context may have been deposited during brackish water conditions. (1,2)
A layer of flints was found during a geoarchaeological and archaeological watching brief on the route of the Northern Link Road. The layer could have formed naturally or may have been the result of anthropogenic activity. It is broadly of Neolithic to Bronze Age date. (3)
1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11122.
1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11123.
1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11124.
Archaeology South-East, 2000, Geoarchaeological & Archaeological Monitoring on the Gillingham Northern Link, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17438.
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Arch. assessment in advance of Gillingham N. link rd. SEAS, 1996. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<1> South East Archaeological Services, 1996, An Archaeological Assessment in Advance of the Gillingham Northern Link Road (Unpublished document). SKE17344.
<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Report on strat. palaeoen. and environmental arch. significance of Gillingham N. link corridor, GSF, (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<2> Geoarchaeological Service Facility, 1996, A Report on the Stratigraphy, Palaeoenvironmental & Environmental Archaeological Significance of Sequences Within the Corridor for the Gillingham Northern Link Road (Unpublished document). SWX6814.
<3> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Report on geophysical survey at Gillingham N. Link, Stratascan,1996. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2000. Geoarchaeological & Archaeological Monitoring on the Gillingham Northern Link, Kent. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7669/21. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7669/22. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7669/23. print. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: South East Archaeological Services. 1996. An Archaeological Assessment in Advance of the Gillingham Northern Link Road. |
| <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Arch. assessment in advance of Gillingham N. link rd. SEAS, 1996.. |
| <2> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Report on strat. palaeoen. and environmental arch. significance of Gillingham N. link corridor, GSF,. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Geoarchaeological Service Facility. 1996. A Report on the Stratigraphy, Palaeoenvironmental & Environmental Archaeological Significance of Sequences Within the Corridor for the Gillingham Northern Link Road. |
| <3> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Report on geophysical survey at Gillingham N. Link, Stratascan,1996.. |
