Monument record TR 04 SW 115 - Bronze Age trackway (possibly) and Late Iron Age/Romano British features

Summary

A possible Bronze Age trackway and late Iron Age/Romano British ditches and features were found during excavations prior to Channel Tunnel Rail Link construction works. The excavation area exposed at least 16 ditches, five gullies, three postholes and two undated charcoal-filled pits. A Deverel-Rimbury bucket urn was seen as evidence that this possible trackway is middle-late Bronze Age in date. Most of the pottery removed from the site dated to the Roman period, more precisely c.50 - 200 AD. A total of 111 pieces of struck flint and five pieces of burnt flint were recovered and a small assemblage of poorly preserved bone was recovered from the site. Two metal artefacts were also recovered, including a copper alloy late Iron Age broach and a copper alloy pin.

Location

Grid reference TR 04045 40100 (point)
Map sheet TR04SW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SEVINGTON, ASHFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

<1> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1999, West of Blind Lane, Sevington, Kent: Detailed Archaeological Works Interim Report Final (Unpublished document). SKE6958.

<2> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 2001, West of Blind Lane Post Excavation Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE16426.

<3> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The Later Prehistoric Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE16486.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1999. West of Blind Lane, Sevington, Kent: Detailed Archaeological Works Interim Report Final.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 2001. West of Blind Lane Post Excavation Assessment Report.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. The Later Prehistoric Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL.

Finds (8)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Excavations at West of Blind Lane, Sevington (Ref: ARC BLN 98) (EKE5132)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Geophysical survey west of Blind Lane (EKE12224)

Record last edited

Sep 19 2012 11:33AM