Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Ernest Greenfield was a British archaeologist. He served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. During his war service he became friends with Philip Rahtz, who persuaded Greenfield to take up professional archaeology. His excavations included the Great Witcombe Roman Villa, Gloucestershire (1960–1973), and Chew Valley Lake, north Somerset (1953). Greenfield grew up in Sidcup, Kent, and was a schoolboy when he set out single-handedly to excavate a Roman site at Horwood's Pit, St Paul's Cray, while gravel extraction operations were being carried out in the 1930s. He was not popular with the gravel company, and subsequently contacted A. H. A. Hogg for help with the investigations. Hogg later drew up a plan of the site, and sought further help for Greenfield from Norman Cook at Maidstone Museum. In a letter to Cook, preserved at the museum, Hogg stated that Greenfield 'had the right ideas', but was discouraged after having lost his finds and site notes off the back of his motorbike. Later Greenfield set up a local archaeological group which he credited with discovering many new sites, including the Lullingstone Roman Villa.Template:Citation needed
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- Unpublished letter from A. H. A. Hogg to N. Cook concerning Greenfield's early career (held in Maidstone Museum)
- Greenfield, E., 'Notes on the Archaeological Sites in the Cray Valley', The Transactions of the Dartford Antiquaries Society, 6 (1936)