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Text Pages: Swanscombe - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in England in Kent
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Submitted by vicky on Friday, 12 September 2008 Page Views: 9648
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 Site Name: Swanscombe Country: England County: Kent Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Village: Milton Street
Map Ref: TQ598746 Landranger Map Number: 177
Latitude: 51.447843N Longitude: 0.298227E
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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 | | 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village | | 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town | | 0 | no data |
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External Links:            Ancient Mine or Quarry in Kent. Site of the discovery of 'Swanscombe Man' - the skull of whom is now in the Natural History Museum in London.
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Re: Swanscombe (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Sunday, 08 June 2003 | The site is now in the process of attracting funding to make the it more user friendly with a proposed visitor centre and laid out walks etc
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Re: Swanscombe (Score: 1)
by ocifant on Tuesday, 17 February 2004
(User Info | Send a Message) | Condition: 2
Ambience: 2
Access: 4
The local vandals had had a field day when I visited this in 2003. Large concrete blocks identify where the skulls and other artifacts were discovered, but these blocks have been heavily graffitti'ed. It's a nice nature reserve with butterflies and birds, but there is also a lot of rubbish dumped there. Very sad for such an historic site.
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Re: Swanscombe Sculpture unveiled (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Saturday, 02 July 2005 | | Phil Harding from Wessex Archaeology and Time Team cut a ribbon to celebrate the park’s new entry feature. This is a sculpture based on a 400,000-year-old hand axe discovered in the park. The ceremony celebrated many hours of work by the local community, businesses and public sector in restoring one of the most important archaeological sites in northern Europe. It also marks the 70th anniversary of the discovery of human skull fragments there. | [ Reply to This ]
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A walk into history (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Tuesday, 05 July 2005
(User Info | Send a Message) | A brand new heritage park has been launched at the site where Britain’s second oldest human remains were found in Kent.
Visitors can take A Walk into History to see the spot where skull pieces dating back 400,000 years were discovered 70 years ago near Dartford.
The Swanscombe Heritage Park near Dartford, in the heart of the Kent Thameside growth area, is being developed by the local community, businesses and public sector organisations.
A heritage trail is now open with large stone interpretation panels for the public to follow the remarkable story of the archaeological finds. The entrance next to Swancombe community centre is marked by a huge sculpture based on a 400,000-year-old hand axe discovered in the park.
Swanscombe Action Group has spearheaded the project to date and will continue to make plans for further improvements. Groundwork Kent Thames-side has delivered the current work on the action group’s behalf.
Channel 4 TimeTeam’s Phil Harding from Wessex Archaeology performed a ribbon cutting ceremony with a flint axe to mark the trail’s opening, helped by children from nearby Craylands Primary School, Swan Valley Community School and Swanscombe Infant School.
KCC Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport Richard King paid tribute to the local community for making the project happen. “This is an area steeped in history which is going to go through major change. It is vital to protect the environment and open space of this internationally important archaeological site.”
Action Group Chairman Cllr Bryan Read said: “This is the first step on the ladder to complete renovation of the park. It will highlight the area’s history, archaeology and natural wildlife. We want to protect this for future generations to enjoy.”
The project is part funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. KCC is the accountable body.
Source: Kent CC, with thanks to Portal member Coldrum
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Re: A walk into history (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Tuesday, 13 December 2005 | Within about two weeks of the new heritage park being launched all but one of the interpretation panels had been spray painted.
All the spot lights around the sculpture had been smashed and the whole place was full of rubbish again.
makes me feel ashamed to live in Swanscombe. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: A walk into history (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 18 December 2006 | I lived in Swanscombe until I was twenty plus and I use to go to the newt pond that was close to the site of the dig when I was younger and I am not surprised that the area and all the work that has been done there is being vandalised. It always was a dumping ground and it will never change unless action is taken to prevent it from happening. You need a warden or a ' local police officer' to patrol the area. It may not stop it completely but it is a step to preventing a piece of history from being overlooked or forgotten.
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Swanscombe Heritage park walk 2008 13th September 2008 (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Friday, 12 September 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | Swanscombe Heritage park walk 2008
Starting at Main Entrance, Craylands Lane, Swanscombe
Tours will begin at 12 noon on Saturday 13 September and will be led by Friends of the Swanscombe Heritage Park Group. They will finish at 3 pm.
To book a place on the walk, please use the contact details above or turn up on the day. Families welcome.
Swanscombe Heritage Park is a designated National Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Three fragments of the skull of the ‘Swanscombe Man’ were found on the site in 1935, 1936 and 1955, these date back 400,000 years.
The tour is a part of Heritage Open Days; a series of events providing an opportunity to take a closer look at the charming attractions that make Dartford so distinctive.
http://www.swanscombeheritagepark.co.uk/events.htm | [ Reply to This ]
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