Monument record TR 13 NE 216 - Early / Middle Iron Age graves, Saltwood

Summary

Early / Middle Iron Age graves, Saltwood

Location

Grid reference TR 1601 3696 (point)
Map sheet TR13NE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish SALTWOOD, SHEPWAY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Excavations carried out between 1998-2001 at the Saltwood Tunnel and Stone Farm Bridleway sites, by Canterbury Archaeology Trust and Wessex Archaeology, as part of the CTRL works.

6 graves and probable graves date to this period, though only two have secure dating evidence. A ditch terminal and a pit also date to this period. (1)

Additional bibliography. (2)


<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Saltwood Tunnel Post Excavation Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE16613.

<2> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon funerary landscape at Saltwood Tunnel, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16617.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. Saltwood Tunnel Post Excavation Assessment Report.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. The prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon funerary landscape at Saltwood Tunnel, Kent.

Finds (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at Stone Farm Bridleway, Saltwood (Ref: ARC SFB 99) (EKE10859)

Record last edited

Mar 17 2011 2:02PM