Monument record TQ 96 NW 103 - Mid - Late Iron Age Enclosure Settlement, Iwade

Summary

Mid to late Iron Age settlement with roundhouses, enclosures and field boundaries possibly continuing in use into the early Roman period.

Location

Grid reference TQ 9004 6729 (point) Centred on
Map sheet TQ96NW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish IWADE, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

A mid to late Iron Age settlement, possibly ending in the early post-conquest period, c.50AD. The archaeological probably extends beyond the excavation area.

The site seems to have gone through two stages of development. A farmstead consisting of an enclosure cutting an earlier Bronze Age site (TQ 96 NW 102), with three roundhouses began around 150-100 BC. Two further roundhouses where added between 75 BC and 50 AD with nearby post built structure, possibly a store or animal shed, and a second enclosure dug to the south-east. The function of the second enclosure remains unclear due to truncation of the centre by a modern road and medieval droveway to its west. Several Roman potsherds found suggest that it continued in use into the Roman post-conquest period as a livestock enclosure. (1-2)


Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, An Archaeological Evaluation at Hillreed Homes Site A, Iwade, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17195.

<1> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2001, Phased Summary and Assessment Document of an Archaeological Excavation at Iwade Site A and Site B (West), Iwade (Unpublished document). SKE12309.

<2> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, An Archaeological Evaluation at the Ward Homes, Site B (West) Iwade, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12311.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Unpublished document: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2000. An Archaeological Evaluation at Hillreed Homes Site A, Iwade, Kent.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2001. Phased Summary and Assessment Document of an Archaeological Excavation at Iwade Site A and Site B (West), Iwade.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2000. An Archaeological Evaluation at the Ward Homes, Site B (West) Iwade, Kent.

Finds (6)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Iwade, Ferry Road, Site B, 2000 (Ref: IWB00) (EKE8616)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluations at Iwade, Ferry Road, Site A (Ref: IWA 00) (EKE8614)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at Iwade, Ferry Road, Site B (Ref: IWB 00) (EKE8617)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at Iwade, Site A and Site B (West), Iwade, 2000 (Ref: IWA/B 00) (EKE8615)

Record last edited

Jan 10 2012 12:31PM