Monument record TR 26 NE 1317 - Medieval Site 13,enclosures and settlement area with associated features - Plateau 5, 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 13 comprised a large enclosure of field associated with two others, one in its south western corner, and the other in its northern half, along its eastern edge. The concentration of features in the northern of the two smaller enclosures were domestic in character, this indicates a definite settlement site, probably a farmstead. This site, and others to the south and south-west appear to be generally later than most, if not all the medieval features to the north with a likely date range 1150 -1350. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 2910 6650 (157m by 120m) (22 map features)
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (9)

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: #112029 Medieval 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 11 2023 3:39PM