Monument record TR 36 NE 2470 - Medieval ditches, pit and quarry, Manston Court Road, Margate

Summary

The medieval archaeological features identified comprised 9 ditches/linear features, 1 pit and 1 quarry pit. The earliest post-Roman activity was dated to the later eleventh century, with the focus of medieval occupation dated to the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries, comprising three potential rectilinear enclosures.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3565 6728 (524m by 602m)
Map sheet TR36NE
Civil Parish RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish MANSTON, THANET, KENT

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

The medieval archaeological features identified comprised 9 ditches/linear features, 1 pit and 1 quarry pit. The earliest post-Roman activity was dated to the later eleventh century, with the focus of medieval occupation dated to the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries, comprising three potential rectilinear enclosures.

Ditch 8704, 8707 (Tr87) and 8603/8609 (Tr86) formed the north-east corner of a substantial rectangular
enclosure. The ditch measured up to 7.7m wide and was excavated to a depth of up to 0.98m without reaching the base. Pottery from this feature was dated to the thirteenth to fourteenth century AD.

Several potential sunken featured buildings remain undated, including one with a potential oven or hearth, and these might prove to be medieval in date.

The medieval pottery appears to mostly represent cooking-pots with the addition of a few jugs. Fabrics are largely coarse sandywares, sometimes with the addition of some shell (the latter a trait which appears to largely die out locally in the early thirteenth century). Most if not all of this material is likely to be of East Kent origin, much of it resembling Canterbury Tyler Hill ware.The only medieval coin recovered during the survey was a single long cross silver penny of Edward I
(SF9069 from Tr47), minted in London between AD 1282-9. Other metal registered finds included two buckles, a brooch pin, a strap end, a suspension loop from a purse bar and part of a circular medieval seal matrix, with the surviving fragment of its legend visible as the letters STEP, possibly part of the personal name ‘Stephan’. (1)


<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2017, Westwood Village: Land off Manston Court Road and Haine Road, Margate, Thanet, Kent - Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE52015.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2017. Westwood Village: Land off Manston Court Road and Haine Road, Margate, Thanet, Kent - Evaluation Report.

Finds (7)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Archaeological evaluation at land off Manston Court Road and Haine Road, Margate, Thanet, 2017 (Ref: EV WVT 17) (EKE17660)

Record last edited

Mar 5 2019 2:50PM