Monument record TR 35 NW 253 - Possible Roman Trackway and quarry, Woodnesborough

Summary

Two groups of parallel ditches c.2.50m apart and possibly relating to a narrow ditched trackway running roughly northeast - southwest. The ditches had been infilled with black ashy soil and domestic rubbish, containing Roman pottery, animal bone and marine shell. There were also a number of prehistoric struck flints. Summary from record TR 35 NW 254: A series of inter-cutting pits of varying shapes, sizes and depths. The deepest pit was cut 0.62m into the clay. The complex was filled with a series of clay deposits and it would seem that the entire complex wilted up gradually. Small amounts of domestic rubbish, in the form of pottery, chaff-tempered ware, burnt daub and animal bone also became incorporated into the filling. The dating of the pottery would suggest that the infilling occurred sometime during the second century AD.

Location

Grid reference TR 30811 56135 (point)
Map sheet TR35NW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish WOODNESBOROUGH, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<1> Dover Archaeological Group, 2002, Report on Evaluation Trenching at Hill Cross Farm, Foxborough Hill, Woodnesborough, June 2002 (Unpublished document). SKE8376.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Dover Archaeological Group. 2002. Report on Evaluation Trenching at Hill Cross Farm, Foxborough Hill, Woodnesborough, June 2002.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Hill Cross Farm, Foxborough Hill, Woodnesborough (Ref: Site Code: FHW-02) (EKE6088)

Record last edited

Jun 13 2012 1:56PM