Monument record TR 26 NE 1309 - Medieval Site 5, enclosures, structures and SFB, posible farmstead - Plateau 2, 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 5 was located just 8m to the west of site 4 and is probably contemporary with it. Again this is an area of settlement was clustered around a Bronze Age barrow. The site was likely a small farmstead, with two definite sunken feature buildings and up to five possible further sunken buildings. At least two other possible post built structures were also identified alongside pits, wells and a late quarry (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 2859 6691 (38m by 25m) (58 map features)
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (7)

Full Description

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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Monograph: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2023. Beneath the Seamark: 6000 Years of an Islands History. [Mapped feature: #111840 Settlement area, ]

Finds (1)

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 7:19PM