Monument record TR 36 NW 397 - Possible Neolithic/early Bronze Age site, Manston, Acol

Summary

In 1996-7 a medieval farm compound was excavated during work in advance of development at the Kent International Business Park (see TR 36 NW 246). A number of features, a length of ditch and a pit were found. Also found at the site were shells within the pit as well as a layer of ash, and waste flint flakes and hammerstones were recovered from ditch fills across the site. These finds and features suggest that there was earlier activity on the site dating to the Neolithic/early Bronze Age. Activity during this period was also recorded during this phase of work, some 600m to the north (see TR 36 NW 395 and TR 36 NW 396).

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Grid reference TR 3145 6617 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet TR36NW
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish ACOL, THANET, KENT

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In 1996-7 a medieval farm compound was excavated at the Kent International Business Park. A number of features, a length of ditch and a pit were found of no definite date. The pit contained shells and a layer of ash, and across the main site (TR 36 NW 246) waste flint flakes and hammerstones were recovered from ditch fills. The finds and features suggest that there was earlier activity on the site dating to the Neolithic/early Bronze Age. To the north, further activity of Neolithic/Bronze Age date was recorded (TR 36 NW 395), during the investigation of a late Iron Age enclosure (TR 36 NW 359) (1).


<1> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1997, Kent International Business Park, Manston 1994-97 (Unpublished document). SWX7104.

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1997. Kent International Business Park, Manston 1994-97.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Archaeological work at the Kent International Business Park, Manston, Thanet, 1996 (EKE8387)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at Kent International Park, Manston 1997 (EKE8388)

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Oct 22 2024 9:38AM