Monument record TR 26 NE 1304 - Medieval trackways and field system - Thanet Earth

Summary

The medieval features on Thanet Earth dated to between the mid-eleventh century to the early part of the fourteenth (possibly extending to AD 1350). The activity is primarily agricultural in nature with significant elements of domestic occupation. The earliest features were a sequence of drove roads or trackways, defined by either hollow ways or pairs of ditches. Six trackways were identified, all appear to date to c.1050-1175, and some followed the lines or earlier ditches/banks/routeways. In association with these were a number of rectangular fields, delineated by ditches, sometimes contiguous with those of the drove roads (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 2877 6664 (497m by 1786m) (26 map features)
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2023, Beneath the Seamark: 6000 Years of an Islands History (Monograph). SKE55405.

<2> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, SKE57106 (Archive). SKE57106.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY Monograph: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2023. Beneath the Seamark: 6000 Years of an Islands History. [Mapped feature: #111676 field system and trackways, ]
  • <2> Archive: Historic England Archive. 1920-2024. Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs. SKE57106.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event Boundary: Excavations at Thanet Earth 2007-2008 (EKE14749)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)

Record last edited

Nov 20 2024 1:34PM