Monument record TR 23 NW 176 - Early Medieval settlement, folkestone

Summary

Em settlement, folkestone.

Location

Grid reference TR 2080 3789 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR23NW
Civil Parish FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

EM settlement discovered by CAT at site of Channel Tunnel terminal. No further details as yet. (1) Site dating to c.AD 725, on a high plateau at Cherry Garden Hill. 2 groups of intercutting rubbish pits containing pottery, animal bones and sea-shells, reveal the presence of an isolated habitation site. No trace of a house found, but position of pits may reflect the position of a building which was removed by ploughing. (2)


RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document). SKE6910.

RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document). SKe6910.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Folkestone + Dover water services Ltd, Bluehouse to Cherry Garden trunk main, Arch + ecology review, (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> CAT Annual Report, 1987-8, p.59. (OS Card Reference). SKE38710.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1994. Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main.
  • --- Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1994. Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main.
  • <1> Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Folkestone + Dover water services Ltd, Bluehouse to Cherry Garden trunk main, Arch + ecology review,.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: CAT Annual Report, 1987-8, p.59..

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2018 4:41PM