<< Our Photo Pages >> Boxgrove - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in England in West Sussex
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Multi-periodSite Name: Boxgrove Alternative Name: Eartham PitCountry: England
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County: West Sussex Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Village: Boxgrove
Map Ref: SU924086
Latitude: 50.869528N Longitude: 0.688255W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Andy B visited on 16th Aug 2007 Featured as part of BBC's History of Ancient Britain with Neil Oliver
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Note: Archaeologists say they've identified the earliest known bone tools in the European archaeological record. Bone tools found at the Boxgrove site in West Sussex, dating to 500,000 years ago.
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