Monument record TR 02 NE 195 - Medieval linear features, Rolfe Lane, New Romeny

Summary

Three linear features discovered during an archaeological evaluation carried out on land off Rolef Lane/Fairfield Road, New Romney, in 2009, are probably boundary or drainage ditches. They suggest that some areas of the site may still have been partly used for agricultural purposes during the Medieval period. The associated soil horizons also suggest that the soils were being cultivated for agricultural purposes.(location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 0668 2524 (2m by 27m) (3 map features)
Map sheet TR02NE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Three linear features discovered during an archaeological evaluation carried out on land off Rolef Lane/Fairfield Road, New Romney, in 2009, are probably boundary or drainage ditches. They suggest that some areas of the site may still have been partly used for agricultural purposes during the Medieval period. The associated soil horizons also suggest that the soils were being cultivated for agricultural purposes.

In detail: in trench 1 two linear features were recorded, the first was a linear ditch or gully, at 0.80m wide and 0.38m deep, it originally ran perpendicularly across the trench. No cultural material was retrieved from this feature. A second ditch or gully truncates the northern edge of the first running parallel with it perpendicularly across the trench. This second ditch/gully was 0.88m at its widest and 0.61m deep, and was found to contain several fragments of animal bone, oyster shell, peg tile and six sherds of pottery. The pottery dates the feature to the late thirteenth to mid fourteenth century (c. AD 1275-1350), and includes non local North and Mid Kent greyware. In trench 3 a ditch ran across the southern end of the trench in a rough south-west to north-east alignment. It was visible for a length of 1.80m and measured 1.36m at its widest point. Sample excavation revealed a maximum depth of 0.65m. Cultural material retrieved from this feature included nine sherds of pottery, two nails, along with fragments of peg tile, animal bone and oyster shell; the pottery suggests a late thirteenth- to mid fourteenth-century date (c. AD 1275-1350).(1) (information summarised from source)


<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2009, Archaeological evaluation at Land Adjoining Craythornes, Fairfield Road, New Romney (Unpublished document). SKE24815.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2009. Archaeological evaluation at Land Adjoining Craythornes, Fairfield Road, New Romney. [Mapped feature: #110927 linear features, ]

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation of land adjoining Craythornes, Fairfield Road, New Romney - Trench 1 (Ref: CNR EV09) (EKE22262)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation of land adjoining Craythornes, Fairfield Road, New Romney - Trench 3 (Ref: CNR EV09) (EKE22266)
  • Event Boundary: Evaluation of land adjoining Craythornes, Fairfield Road, New Romney (Ref: CNR EV09) (EKE13034)

Record last edited

Apr 14 2023 4:23PM