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Monument record TR 26 NE 1312 - Medieval Site 8 , likely occupation area, later quarrying - 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 8 along the western edge of Plateau 1 was similar in many ways to the two farmstead sites recorded on Plateau 2 but were relatively badly preserved and not fully exposed. They are later than the other settlement areas and is it possible that they represent a translocation of the Site 2 settlement to slightly higher and dryer ground. Most of the structural evidence was removed by quarrying that took place after the period of occupation. Little more can be said about this area except that is likely that a similar type of settlement was originally present as there were traces of the usual enclosure ditches, although segmented and fragmentary. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 2848 6716 (29m by 30m) (10 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 (4)
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: #111949 occupation area/quarry, ]
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 7 2023 1:56PM