Evaluation by FAG (ECC) at Armor Road at Purfleet, 1997 - EEX52634

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Grid reference TQ 5679 7860 (point)
Map sheet TQ57NE
Unitary Authority THURROCK, ESSEX

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Field Archaeology Group/Unit, ECC

Date

01 Dec 1997 - 17 Dec 1997

Description

Field evaluation was undertaken in advance of the possible extension of Armor Road southwards through Pleistocene deposits surviving as a ridge between the worked out Bluelands and Greenlands quarries at Purfleet. Evaluation comprised cleaning, recording and sampling of limited areas of the existing quarry faces on either side of North Road in advance of a southward extension to Armour Road. tone artefacts recovered from the upper gravels are provisionally identified as Levallois types, whilst those from the lower gravels are assigned provisionally to the Acheulean and Clactonian cultures. The presence of both traditions in a single sequence would make this an extremely important site.

Sources

  • --- Excavation Report: Schreve, D.C. et al. 1998. Armor Road Extension Excavations at Bluelands and Greenlands Quarries Purfleet, Essex: Eval. Rep.
  • --- Article in serial: Bennett, A.. 1998. Archaeology in Essex 1997. Essex Archaeology and History. 29. 194-215. pp. 200-201.

Other References

  • Archaeological Investigations Project: C.22.2817
  • NRHE UID: 1232882

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