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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hayes Common 1 - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Greater London

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Multi-periodSite Name: Hayes Common 1
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Greater London Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bromley  Nearest Village: Coney Hall
Map Ref: TQ398652  Landranger Map Number: 177
Latitude: 51.368661N  Longitude: 0.006916E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Hayes Common Earthworks by Andy B on Tuesday, 02 February 2021
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See Page 15 of Notes on Kentish Earthworks by none other than W.M. Flinders Petrie

https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.013%20-%201880/013-02.pdf
from Archaeologia Cantiana - Vol. 13 1880
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The Discovery of a Secondary-Neolithic Site at Hayes Common by Andy B on Tuesday, 02 February 2021
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The story really began in 1960. It was then that members of the West Kent Border Archaeological Group commenced a series of surveys across farmland, through woods and on every available piece of open ground searching for both new and previously recorded sites. One of several 'missing' sites in the Bromley area was an alleged Roman building seen by an old inhabitant of the place early in the 19th century. It was not until the end of 1964, after extensive field-surveys and several trial excavations over a wide area, that this building was eventually found. It was during the course of this work that a previously unknown Secondary-Neolithic site was found.

The investigations had eventually led the group to a heavily wooded region not far from Hayes Common. There it was decided to sink a series of three trial-holes and after the removal of undergrowth and other obstructions this was done. Within two hours the first trial-hole had produced evidence which was as startling as it was unexpected.

At a shallow depth small pieces of Roman tile and pottery were found, which were to lead eventually to the Roman building, but at a depth of 37 inches lay a complete, polished flint axe-head (figure 1) of late-Neolithic type. This was the very first to have come from the Bromley area although two greenstone axe-heads had been recorded from the adjacent parish of Keston.

At the end of 1964 the trees and undergrowth were cleared and a small area marked out for total excavation. Beneath the topsoil was a hard layer of pebbles from the Woolwich Beds, mixed with loam, washed down from the slope above. This hill-wash, up to 15 inches deep, contained worn Romano-British potsherds of first century AD date. Sealed beneath this was a layer of sandy-loam containing more material of Neolithic date. Slowly each part of the gridded area was excavated down to the undisturbed soil below. Six months later this preliminary examination had been completed and the site restored.

What did this excavation produce? No more flint axes, but over 1,000 pieces of struck flint were recovered. This was a striking-floor and the material from it forms an important group. The bulk of this naturally comprises waste primary flakes, but some 30 or 40 implements of various types were also found. These included discoidal and side scrapers, flakes with serrated edges, knives and several hammer-stones. The most interesting single piece was a leaf-shaped arrow-head, with fine pressure flaking on both sides, another common Neolithic form. In addition several thousand 'pot-boilers', common to many pre-Roman sites, were also found.

Undoubtedly the most important single aspect of the work was the recovery of more than 200 pieces of pottery associated with the flints. Most of this was decorated either with broad chevron patterns, parallel grooves or with impressions made with bird-bones, finger-tips or twisted cords. Most, if not all, of this pottery can, be classified as Peterborough ware of Secondary Neolithic date tentatively dating to about 2,000 BC. Of the three sub-groups of Peterborough ware, Ebbsfleet, Mortlake and Fengate wares, all are probably represented at Hayes.
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http://cka.moon-demon.co.uk/KAR005/KAR005_Hayes.htm#
which is extracted from the Autumn 1966 (Issue #5) edition of the Kent Archaeological Review.
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