Monument record TR 15 NW 36 - Early Iron Age settlement

Summary

A Late Bronze Age site at Castle Street. Excavations in 1950 and 1986 suggest the presence of a ditched enclosure. Pottery originally dated to the middle Iron Age has since been re-assessed and assigned to the early 1st millennium BC (Late Bronze Age/Earliest Iron Age). Later material, including Late Iron Age coins, has also been recovered from the site. Summary from record TR 15 NW 312: Iron Age settlement

Location

Grid reference TR 1471 5758 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR15NW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

<1> Arch NL Mar 1951 145-7 Plan (F Jenkins) (OS Card Reference). SKE36804.

<2> F1 CFW 05-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42436.

<3> Problems of the Iron Age 1958 207 215 278 (DF Allen) (OS Card Reference). SKE48693.

<4> Canterbury's Archaeology 11th Ann Rep 1986-7 22 (P Bennet) (OS Card Reference). SKE38569.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1993, Canterbury's Archaeology 1992 - 1993 (Article in serial). SKE7909.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: Arch NL Mar 1951 145-7 Plan (F Jenkins).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 05-FEB-65.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Problems of the Iron Age 1958 207 215 278 (DF Allen).
  • <4>XY OS Card Reference: Canterbury's Archaeology 11th Ann Rep 1986-7 22 (P Bennet). [Mapped feature: #43631 Iron age settlement, ]
  • <5> Article in serial: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1993. Canterbury's Archaeology 1992 - 1993.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: 10-11 CASTLE STREET/ST JOHN'S LANE (Ref: EI 15446) (EKE4293)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2024 3:57PM