Monument record TR 23 NW 176 - Early Medieval settlement, folkestone
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 2080 3789 (point) FCE |
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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RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document).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RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document).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)
- --- SKE6910 Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1994. Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main.
- --- SKE6910 Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1994. Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main.
- <1> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Folkestone + Dover water services Ltd, Bluehouse to Cherry Garden trunk main, Arch + ecology review,.
- <2> SKE38710 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