| P number: | P201399 |
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| Old photograph number: | A01411 |
| Caption: | Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe. Looking N. |
| Description: | Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe. Looking N. Stratification of the 100' terrace gravels of the River Thames. This pit was explored systematically by the Geological Survey and the British Museum. The results are summarized below, the several beds shown in the photograph being indicated by numbers: 7 and 6. Top gravel and Upper Loam. 5 b. Current-bedded sand with gravel. 5 a. Gravel. 4. Lower Loam and Lower Gravel. 2. Thanet Sand. 1. Chalk. 6. Early St. Acheul type of palaeolith. 5 b. Late Challes type of palaeolith. 5 a. Early Challes type of palaeolith. 3. Implements of early type. (See Summary of Progress for 1912.) |
| Date taken: | 01/05/1912 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 560500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 173500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 320.41 KB; 1000 x 746 pixels; 85 x 63 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 197 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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