Monument record TQ 96 NW 103 - Mid - Late Iron Age Enclosure Settlement, Iwade
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 9004 6729 (point) Centred on |
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Map sheet | TQ96NW |
County | KENT |
District | SWALE, KENT |
Civil Parish | IWADE, SWALE, KENT |
Map
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Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, An Archaeological Evaluation at Hillreed Homes Site A, Iwade, Kent (Unpublished document).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2001, Phased Summary and Assessment Document of an Archaeological Excavation at Iwade Site A and Site B (West), Iwade (Unpublished document).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 Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2000, An Archaeological Evaluation at the Ward Homes, Site B (West) Iwade, Kent (Unpublished document).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)
- --- SKE17195 Unpublished document: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2000. An Archaeological Evaluation at Hillreed Homes Site A, Iwade, Kent.
- <1> SKE12309 Unpublished document: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2001.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> SKE12311 Unpublished document: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2000. An Archaeological Evaluation at the Ward Homes, Site B (West) Iwade, Kent.
Finds (6)
- POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 150 BC? to 50 AD?)
- BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC? to 150 AD?)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)
- SLAG (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 150 BC? to 50 AD?)
- CREMATION (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 150 BC? to 42 AD?)
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