Monument record TR 36 SW 127 - Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval enclosure and boundary ditches and two middens with Bronze Age pottery

Compound 16: Eleven post holes were recorded in the area but formed no coherent pattern and were dated to the prehistoric period. Eleven pits were recorded in this area. In one a complete dog skeleton was located, in another large sherds of pottery had been deliberately placed which were dated to the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. A large number of ditches, dating to the prehistoric, Romano-British and medieval periods, were also recorded. The ditches were boundary and enclosure ditches. Twenty three ditches were dated to the prehistoric period. The ditches were locaed at the southern end of the site and generally on a north-west/south-east alignment. Fifteen ditches of Romano-British date were concentrated at the north end of the site and are part of the re-working of the same boundaries. The size and depth of the largest of these ditches is broadly similar to those found to the north-east in area 16 and thought to be of similar date. It is possible that both ditches formed defensive boundaries. Only one ditch is dated to the medieval period. It forms part of a rectilinear enclosure that extends beyond the north-eastern side of the edge of the site. Two midden spreads, both appearing to have formed within natural hollows, contained large quantaties of Bronze Age pottery (1).

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, Margate to Weatherlees Hill Wastewater Treatment Works Twin Pipeline: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKE13017.