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Monument record TR 26 NE 1306 - Medieval Site 2, enclosures, SFBs and a structure - Plateau 1, 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. A site wide system of enclosures appears to be intimately related to various trackways across the site. The activity around these enclosures has been grouped into a number of Medieval ‘sites’. Site 2 comprised an array of enclosures and associated features located along both sides of trackway 28 in the main area of plateau 1, approximately 200m to the south of site 1. It consisted primarily of a multi-phase agglomeration of enclosures at the south, with a string of three individual early enclosures to the north, all the latter situated west of the track. A much smaller enclosure was situated at the southern end of this string to the east of the track. Many of these were associated with sunken featured buildings cut through the probably semi-backfilled ditches of Trackway 28. The enclosures to the south had four phases of development which date to between c. 1150-1250. Sunken structures were also present here alongside a timber framed building. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 2866 6718 (74m by 190m) (40 map features) |
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Map sheet | TR26NE |
County | KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
Civil Parish | ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (8)
- DITCH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD to 1250 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD to 1250 AD)
- GRUBENHAUS (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD to 1225 AD)
- PIT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD to 1225 AD)
- HEARTH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD to 1225 AD)
- OVEN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD to 1225 AD)
- WELL (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD to 1225 AD)
- STRUCTURE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1050 AD to 1225 AD)
Full Description
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2023, Beneath the Seamark: 6000 Years of an Islands History (Monograph). SKE55405.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1>XY SKE55405 Monograph: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2023. Beneath the Seamark: 6000 Years of an Islands History. [Mapped feature: #111764 Occupation site, ]
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event Boundary: Excavations at Thanet Earth 2007-2008 (EKE14749)
Record last edited
Jul 5 2023 11:35AM