Monument record TR 36 SW 1130 - Late Bronze age cremation cemetery and associated features

Summary

A group of middle-late Bronze Age un-urned cremations and pits containing re deposited pyre debris was discovered during excavations associated with the construction of the East Kent Access route in Thanet (Zone 4). They were located on the ebbsfleet penninsula and close to an area of late Bronze Age activity. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3333 6293 (3m by 8m)
Map sheet TR36SW
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish MINSTER, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Towards the southern end of Zone 4, about 50m to the south of the settlement/activity area, was a cluster of un-urned cremation burials and related features one of which contained Late Bronze Age pottery. In total there were 13 features in this group, 11 of which contained cremated bone and re deposited pyre debris. Two of them contained enough material to be interpreted as un urned cremations, all of the others are partial/re deposited remains. Cremated bone from one of the deposits gave a radio carbon date of 1130-920cal BC and another gave a date of 1260-1010 cal BC placing them in the middle-late Bronze Age. (information summarised from source) (1)


<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1 (Unpublished document). SKE29279.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2011. East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1. [Mapped feature: #112571 Cremations, ]

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Excavations along the route of the East Kent Access route (A256) - Zones 4 and 5 (EKE22401)
  • Event Boundary: Excavations along the route of the East Kent Access route (A256) 2009-2011 (EKE13407)

Record last edited

Sep 26 2023 3:34PM