ENSIKLOPEDIA Cari Tekan Enter untuk memulai pencarian cepat. Kembali ke Ensiklopedia Arsip Wikipedia Indonesia Wansunt Pit Wansunt PitUK Site of Special Scientific Interest Wansunt PitSite of Special Scientific InterestLocation of Wansunt Pit.LocationGreater LondonKentGrid referenceTQ514736TQ515738InterestGeologicalArea1.9 hectaresNotification1990 Wansunt Pit is a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dartford Heath between Crayford in the London Borough of Bexley and Dartford in Kent. It is also a Geological Conservation Review site. It is important geologically because it exposes the Dartford Heath Gravel, and the relationship of this exposure to the Swanscombe sequence and the Thames Terraces is a controversial issue in Thames Pleistocene studies.[1][2] The site is part of Braeburn Park,[3] a nature reserve managed by the London Wildlife Trust.[4] Archaeology The site is also important archaeologically. Excavations going back over a hundred years have revealed stone tools of Homo Heidelbergensis, dating from Marine Isotopic Stage 11, equivalent to the geological Hoxnian Stage, an interglacial period between 424,000 and 374,000 years ago.[5] Other finds include sixteen Bronze Age axes and seventeen Iron Age gold armlets.[6] The site The site is divided into two units. The first is crossed by Galloway Drive and the second, which is inaccessible, is north west of Denton Road. Both are in an unfavourable condition.[7] See also List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater London List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Kent References ↑ "Natural England, Wansunt Pit SSSI citation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012. ↑ "Wansunt Pit, Dartford Heath (Quaternary of the Thames)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 16 January 2016. ↑ London Wildlife Trust. "SINC Review". London Borough of Bexley. p. 116. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016. ↑ "Braeburn Park". London Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 16 January 2016. ↑ Juby, Caroline (2011) London before London: Reconstructing a Palaeolithic Landscape, Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Geography, p. 94 ↑ Dartford Town Archive, Prehistoric Industry ↑ Natural England, Wansunt Pit Further reading Lynne Bevan, Robert Hosfield et al (2005) Refitting Palaeolithic Artefacts from Wansunt Pit, Lithics 24 51°26′28″N 0°10′37″E / 51.441165°N 0.177015°E / 51.441165; 0.177015 vteSites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater LondonBiological Barn Elms Wetland Centre Bentley Priory Brent Reservoir Bushy Park Chingford Reservoirs Crofton Woods Croham Hurst Denham Lock Wood Downe Bank Epping Forest Farthing Downs Frays Farm Meadows Hainault Forest Hampstead Heath Woods Happy Valley Hayes Common High Elms Home Park Ingrebourne Marshes Inner Thames Marshes Kempton Park Reservoirs Keston Common Mid Colne Valley Old Park Wood Oxleas Woodlands Richmond Park Riddlesdown Ruislip Woods Ruxley Gravel Pits Saltbox Hill Syon Park Walthamstow Marshes Walthamstow Reservoirs Wimbledon Common Geological Abbey Wood Elmstead Pit Gilbert's Pit Harefield Pit Harrow Weald Hornchurch Cutting Wansunt Pit
