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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 57 NE 1080 |
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Type of record: | Landscape |
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Name: | Peat/ organic clay exposure by Swanscombe Marshes |
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Summary
Peat or organic clay exposure on the foreshore by Swanscombe Marshes. Contains patches of brushwood, roundwood, all probably natural.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
Grid Reference: | TQ 59593 75625 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ57NE |
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Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Peat exposure on foreshore 0.4m x 0.2m containing patches of brushwood, roundwood, and probably natural. Evidence of wood chips, some woodworking on peat, probably Post-medieval woodworking debris. (1)
Period adjusted to Mesolithic to Neolithic based on advice from Francis Wenban-Smith that a palaeolithic date was unlikely.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |