Monument record TR 26 NE 1310 - Medieval Site 6 , enclosures - 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 6 comprised a north-south aligned string of adjacent enclosures, all rectilinear, along the extreme western edge of the northern part of the site (Plateau 1 and its pond area), c. 160– 190m west of Trackway 28. They were only partially exposed, with the western extent lying beyond the limits of excavation. Parts of 9 enclosures were identified in total, they overlay part of the medieval field system which was exposed across the site. It seems likely that this site represents a series of agricultural paddocks. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 2846 6738 (36m by 308m) (22 map features)
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

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: #111898 enclosures, ]

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 8:21PM