Scott, B. and Rady, J. (2017). Venners, Wessex Drive, Erith, DA8 3AA - Archaeological and geo-archaeological evaluation. Canterbury Archaeological Trust. https://doi.org/10.5284/1047038. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Venners, Wessex Drive, Erith, DA8 3AA - Archaeological and geo-archaeological evaluation
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Abstract:		 An evaluation was conducted in advance of proposed redevelopment which consisted of the demolition of an existing property and erection of 10 dwellings. A synthesis of the geological record and the Greater London Historic Environment Record for the area of the site indicated that there was significant potential for the presence of important Palaeolithic remains from underlying deposits of the Crayford Silt Member (or Crayford Brickearths). There was less potential for later periods. The evaluation comprised the excavation of two trenches supplemented by deeper trenching, through Pleistocene deposits, and geotechnical boreholes. Significantly, this evaluation has shown a great deal of geoarchaeological complexity in the Crayford Brickearths. The site occupies a slight topographic fall from north-west to south-east, following a broad trend in the topography of the area, where a dry valley cuts down from the west through Palaeogene deposits to the underlying chalk. This dry valley may originally have been fluvially incised, and thereafter reactivated at various points. It is possible that the various fluvial deposits within the present site may relate to one or more of these phases of incision. This complexity - including sand layers within channels towards the top of the sequence - has not been recognised elsewhere. The early sequence was capped by a deposit that can be confidently interpreted as colluvium, probably aggrading at the end of an erosive episode during the Holocene. However, no significant archaeological features or finds of Holocene date were encountered.
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Author:		 B Scott
J Rady
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Publisher:		 Canterbury Archaeological Trust
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Venners, Wessex Drive
County: Greater London
District: Bexley
Parish: ERITH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 551530, 176335 (Easting, Northing)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: canterbu3-308624
OBIB: 2017/6
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Note:		 Frontispiece + 40pp + 16 figs + 3 appendices
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Created Date:		 05 Apr 2018