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Easter Cottage, The Chase, Kemsing, Kent TN15 6TP: An Archaeological Watching Brief |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Deposits observed during monitoring of groundworks were predominantly geological in nature and consistent with the known geology of the area. Comprised of a Melbury Marly Chalk Bed gently sloping down from the northeast to the southwest across the extent of the site. This in turn was in some areas overlain by naturally weathered clay and cultivated soil deposits. The evaluation recorded natural horizons consistent with the known geology as recorded by the British Geological Survey as chalk. The results of the watching brief showed the site to be archaeologically sterile displaying no archaeological deposits or evidence to suggest other forms of land exploitation or settlement below modern horizons. Modern disturbance in the form of the footings, landscaping and occupation of the former Easter Cottage showed to have impacted on these geological levels, but it is possible that the area investigated had been subject to levelling works in the later post-medieval period which may have eliminated earlier archaeological deposits and/or structures from the site. Supporting cartographic evidence suggests the site had been utilised solely as agricultural land until settlement of the area by residential occupancy between 1938 and 1961 which continue to the present. |
Author: |
B Ferguson
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Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2019
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Locations: |
Site: |
Easter Cottage, The Chase |
Parish: |
KEMSING |
County: |
Kent |
District: |
Sevenoaks |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 554407, 159078 (Easting, Northing)
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preconst1-339058 |
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A4 Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
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Created Date: |
16 Apr 2020 |