record TR 04 NE 21 - Iron Age pottery, Trimworth Downs

Summary

Two Iron Age pottery sherds were found on the edge of a lynchet on Trimworth Down, Crundale. Two further fragments have been found in the same lynchet and at approximately the same position as the original find. Apart from a solitary lynchet, which runs along the west side of the ridge, there is nothing to suggest an occupation site.

Location

Grid reference TR 073 491 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR04NE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish CRUNDALE, ASHFORD, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

TR 074491: Two fragments of IA pottery found by M.R Maitland Muller (former curator Royal Museum, Canterbury) on the edge of a lynchet on Trimworth Down, Crundale. (1) Royal Museum Reg. No. 1951/29/1 & 2. In store (a). Two further fragments found in a mole cast at TR 07394912 in the same lynchet and at appx. the same position as Maitland Mullers find. The find spot occurs towards the NW end of a prominent ridge but apart from this solitary lynchet, which runs along the W side of the ridge, there is nothing to suggest an occupation site. (2) Provenance is probably associated with an Iron Age occupation site on Trimworth Downs (see TR 04 NE 20). (3)


<1> F1 CFW 30-APR-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42828.

<2> Royal Mus Canterbury Register (OS Card Reference). SKE49343.

<3> F2 CFW 21-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE43266.

<4> Field report for monument TR 04 NE 21 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5135.

<5> Field report for monument TR 04 NE 21 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5136.

<6> BHT 31-OCT-1986 (OS Card Reference). SKE37639.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 30-APR-1963.
  • <2>XY OS Card Reference: Royal Mus Canterbury Register. [Mapped feature: #38835 find, ]
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 21-MAY-1963.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NE 21 - April, 1963.
  • <5> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NE 21 - May, 1963.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: BHT 31-OCT-1986.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 18 2022 2:48PM