| Summary: | A report detailing the results of and archaeological desk-based assessment and walkover survey of land adjacent to London Road and Craylands Lane, Little Swanscombe. The site is allocated for residential development and lies adjacent to two nationally important Palaeolithic sites. The assessment draws upon cartographic and docuentary sources held by Kent County Council, and examines heritage assets within a 250m radius of the site boundary. Significant deposits may be present at the top of the Chalk quarry face at the westernmost extremity of the site. The potential for the recovery of archaeology dating to all periods is judged as being low, due to the signficant quarrying within the site. Based on this assessment it is suggested that further work is necessary to better understand the deposits overlying the chalk bedrock. Any further fieldwork should exclude the areas of the deep quarry. |
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