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Monument record TR 36 NE 471 - Late Bronze Age settlement/activity located on site of Tesco, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent
Summary
The late Bronze Age features comprised a rectangular posy-built structure, several ditches and gullies likely to have been enclosures or field boundaries of more than one phase, and a small number of pits. All of these have been assigned to the 11-8th century BC on the basis of the ceramic evidence.
Evidence of Bronze Age activity and possible settlement was uncovered and excavated on the site of the proposed tescos on Manston Road in Ramsgate. Features included an enclosure ditch, a rectangular posthole structure of late Bronze Age date (two phases of construction), further enclosure ditches,gullies, a pit and a likely quarry.Pottery was found in deposits as further evidence.
Location
Grid reference | TR 36083 65595 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR36NE |
Civil Parish | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
County | KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1996, Tesco Site, Manston Road,Ramsgate, Kent, Draft Interim Notes (Unpublished document). SKE16009.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1995, Tesco Site, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent, Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE13312.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009, A Late Bronze Age, Anglo-Saxon, And Medieval Settlement Site At Manston Road, Ramsgate in "Kentish Sites And Sites Of Kent A Miscellany of Of Four Archaeological Excavations." (Article in monograph). SKE16055.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SKE16009 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. Tesco Site, Manston Road,Ramsgate, Kent, Draft Interim Notes.
- <2> SKE13312 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1995. Tesco Site, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent, Archaeological Evaluation.
- <3> SKE16055 Article in monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 2009. A Late Bronze Age, Anglo-Saxon, And Medieval Settlement Site At Manston Road, Ramsgate in "Kentish Sites And Sites Of Kent A Miscellany of Of Four Archaeological Excavations.".
Finds (9)
- POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- BURNT FLINT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- CORE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- DEBITAGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- CEREAL GRAIN (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- NON MARINE MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Intrusive Event: Archaeological evaluation at the Tesco Site, Manston Road, Ramsgate, 1995 (Ref: 39176) (EKE9614)
- Intrusive Event: Excavation of Tesco Site, Manston Road, Ramsgate, 1996 (Ref: 39171) (EKE10352)
Record last edited
Sep 16 2010 11:27AM