Monument record TR 36 SE 829 - Possible Iron Age pit and post holes, Pegwell Bay, Ramsgate

Summary

During an archaeological investigation on land at Court Stair Country Club, Pegwell Road, Ramsgate, Kent, a pit was identified. The fill of the pit contained sherds of Iron Age pottery. Two possible post holes were also uncovered with sherds of Iron Age pottery within the fills. It is possible that this pottery was deposisted in these features in the colluviam and their interpretation is therefore tentative. Several other pit like features were seen across the site but most of these have been interpreted as natural solution hollows as they had a different fill and no associated finds. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3663 6419 (6m by 4m)
Map sheet TR36SE
Civil Parish RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

During an archaeological investigation on land at Court Stair Country Club, Pegwell Road, Ramsgate, Kent, a pit was identified. The pit was 0.27m-deep roughly circular with a diameter of 0.61m. The fill of this feature consisted of dark brown silty clay with higher humic content than any of the others excluding modern pits. It contained five Late Iron Age potsherds with a date-range of c. 50 BC – c. AD 25 and was undoubtedly a purposely cut pit. In addition, two post-hole-like features, both containing mid-orange-brown paste-like, inclusion free homogenous brickearth, produced Late Iron Age potsherds (respectively, four potsherds and one potsherds), all with a broad date-range of c. 100 BC – c. AD 25. These sherds may have been intrusive or simply deposited as part of a natural colluvial process, the identity of these features remains ambiguous. In addition, an overlying natural clay-silt deposit also produced three potsherds of the same date-range.(information summarised from source) (1)


<1> Kent Archaeological Projects, 2019, Archaeological Assessment Report: Land at Court Stair Country Club, Pegwell Road, Ramsgate, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE57254.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Kent Archaeological Projects. 2019. Archaeological Assessment Report: Land at Court Stair Country Club, Pegwell Road, Ramsgate, Kent.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Archaeological Strip Map and Sample Excavation on Land at Court Stair Country Club, Pegwell Road, Ramsgate, Kent (Ref: CSR-EX-20) (EKE24025)
  • Event Boundary: Archaeological Strip Map and Sample Excavation on Land at Court Stair Country Club, Pegwell Road, Ramsgate, Kent (Ref: CSR-EX-20) (EKE24023)

Record last edited

Nov 7 2024 1:56PM