| Title: |
Phased Summary and Assessment Report of the Excavations at Thanet Road, Bexley, London Borough of Bexley |
| Number of Pages: |
55 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An excavation was carried out following an evaluation, at a proposed development site which lay within an Archaeological Priority Area. The evaluation trenches had revealed evidence of prehistoric activity in the form of worked flints scattered in a medieval ploughsoil and in overlying post-medieval make-up dumps and garden soils. A post-medieval dog burial had also been found. The excavation revealed a number of prehistoric features, comprising a series of parallel shallow ditches from which struck flints, including a blade, were recovered. A post-hole and the remains of a possible hearth were associated with the ditch system. The next phase of activity was represented by a series of layers which incuded flint scatters and pottery fragments. This material was representative of a medieval ploughsoil. The high proportion of both burnt and struck flint present within these deposits appeared to have been derived from features and layers associated with the prehistoric features of the preceding phase. It was concluded that the site was likely to have been occupied for a long time during the later prehistoric periods. Although the only, very tentative, dating of the features was Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic, flints recovered from both the medieval ploughsoil and the post-medieval dumps and garden soils suggested that occupation had continued until at least the Early Bronze Age. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Alan (Al) A Rae
Frank M Meddens
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| Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Thanet Road Bexley London |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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LATE MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Early Bronze Age Auadp (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: BEXLEY RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB, THANET ROAD, BEXLEY
Study area: 0.224ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Bexley
Monument: ?HEARTH. Prehistoric, [finds]. Prehistoric, [finds]. Late Neolithic, [finds]. Early Bronze Age, POST HOLE. Prehistoric, DITCH. Prehistoric, ANIMAL BURIAL. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: TQ49457365
Parish:
Postcode: DA5 1AA
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
