TR 26 NE 2 - Late Bronze Age settlement site, Minnis Bay, Birchington

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Monument record TR 26 NE 2 - Late Bronze Age settlement site, Minnis Bay, Birchington

Summary

A late Bronze Age-early Iron Age settlement on the foreshore at Minnis Bay. The site was excavated in 1939. 17 storage pits and the remains of c.20 circular timber structures were found representing two phases at the site. The finds included pottery, flints, animal bones, plant remains indicative of agriculture, timber and wattle and a founder's hoard of 73 pieces of bronze. This is held in the British Museum; the other items are in the Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park. Some of the pottery is now thought to possibly date to the Iron Age indicating the site was occupied during the Bronze Age-Iron Age transition. Subsequent investigations of the eroded foreshore have produced further materials including late Bronze Age pottery, leather objects including sandals, a red deer antler axe mount, oyster shells and Romano-British pottery. A hoard of bronze Palstaves and Neolithic materials have also been discovered in this location (see TR 26 NE 1053 and TR 26 NE 1054). Pits have produced early Iron Age/Romano-British pottery and a small La Tene III brooch.

Location

Grid reference	TR 2849 6978 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR26NE
County	KENT
District	THANET, KENT
Civil Parish	BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> PPS IX 1943 28-47 plans illlust (F H Worsfold) (OS Card Reference). SKE48611.

<3> MS plan in possession of Miss Powell-Cotton Quex Park (OS Card Reference). SKE47464.

<4> Arch cant LI 1939 191-203 illus (P H G Powell-Cotton and F Pinfold) (OS Card Reference). SKE36364.

<5> F1 CFW 29-NOV-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42819.

<6> PPS 5 1939 252 (notes on excavations) (OS Card Reference). SKE48607.

<7> Arch Cant 71 1957 237 (M Blumstein) (OS Card Reference). SKE35494.

<8> PPS XX 1954 24 (C A Raleigh-Radford) (OS Card Reference). SKE48613.

<9> Arch of Kent 1930 100 252 illus (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36863.

<10> SE England 1970 130-1 illus (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE49425.

<11> Ant J 4 1924 220-226 illus (O G S Crawford and P Powell-Cotton) (OS Card Reference). SKE33178.

<12> Arch Cant 84 1969 249-50 illus (N Macpherson-Grant) (OS Card Reference). SKE35787.

<13> Field report for monument TR 26 NE 2 - November, 1963, p 14-15 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5801.

<14> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<15> Macpherson-grant, N., 1969, Two Neolithic bowls from Birchington, Thanet (Article in serial). SWX7501.

<16> Worsfold, F.H., 1943, A report on the Late Bronze Age site excavated at Minnis Bay, Birchingon, Kent 1938-40 (Article in serial). SWX7782.

<17> Powell-Cotton, P. H. G. and Crawford, O. G. H., 1924, The Birchington hoard (Article in serial). SWX7274.

<18> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Intertidal Zone Minnis Bay-Reculver (Unpublished document). SWX7082.

<19> WATTLE FLOORING OR WALLING (Photograph). SKE1371.

<20> VIEW OF WORKINGS RUNNING PARALLEL WITH PLAYSTOL MEADOW MARKED MARKED 193A ON PLAN (Photograph). SKE1370.

<21> EXCAVATORS AT WORK ON THE SITE. (Photograph). SKE1369.

<22> SECTION OF TRENCH FROM WEST TO EAST ACCROSS THE SITE, ONE YARD NORTH OF DATUM LINE. (Photograph). SKE1368.

<23> PLAN OF PIT SITE , NO: 10. (Photograph). SKE1367.

<24> VIEW OF WORKINGS RUNNING PARALLEL WITH PLAYSTOL MEADOW MARKED 193A ON PLAN (Photograph). SKE1374.

<26> CROSS-SECTION LATE BRONZE AGE SITE, MINNIS BAY (Photograph). SKE1376.

<26> WATTLE FLOORING SHOWING SUPPORTING TIMBERS. (Photograph). SKE1372.

<27> PLAN OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT Types: X (Photograph). SKE1375.

<28> PART OF BICHINGTON FROM THE AIR AT HIGH TIDE. (Photograph). SKE1373.

<29> Historic England, Archive material associated with Minnis Bay (Archive). SKE55184.

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<1> SKE48369 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2> SKE48611 OS Card Reference: PPS IX 1943 28-47 plans illlust (F H Worsfold).
<3> SKE47464 OS Card Reference: MS plan in possession of Miss Powell-Cotton Quex Park.
<4> SKE36364 OS Card Reference: Arch cant LI 1939 191-203 illus (P H G Powell-Cotton and F Pinfold).
<5> SKE42819 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 29-NOV-63.
<6> SKE48607 OS Card Reference: PPS 5 1939 252 (notes on excavations).
<7> SKE35494 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 71 1957 237 (M Blumstein).
<8> SKE48613 OS Card Reference: PPS XX 1954 24 (C A Raleigh-Radford).
<9> SKE36863 OS Card Reference: Arch of Kent 1930 100 252 illus (R F Jessup).
<10> SKE49425 OS Card Reference: SE England 1970 130-1 illus (R F Jessup).
<11> SKE33178 OS Card Reference: Ant J 4 1924 220-226 illus (O G S Crawford and P Powell-Cotton).
<12> SKE35787 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 84 1969 249-50 illus (N Macpherson-Grant).
<13> SKE5801 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NE 2 - November, 1963. p 14-15.
<14> SWX9353 Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent.
<15> SWX7501 Article in serial: Macpherson-grant, N.. 1969. Two Neolithic bowls from Birchington, Thanet. 84, pages 249-50.
<16> SWX7782 Article in serial: Worsfold, F.H.. 1943. A report on the Late Bronze Age site excavated at Minnis Bay, Birchingon, Kent 1938-40. 9, pages 28-47.
<17> SWX7274 Article in serial: Powell-Cotton, P. H. G. and Crawford, O. G. H.. 1924. The Birchington hoard. 4 (3), pages 220-6.
<18> SWX7082 Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1991. Intertidal Zone Minnis Bay-Reculver.
<19> SKE1371 Photograph: WATTLE FLOORING OR WALLING. BB92/17773. Black and White. Negative.
<20> SKE1370 Photograph: VIEW OF WORKINGS RUNNING PARALLEL WITH PLAYSTOL MEADOW MARKED MARKED 193A ON PLAN. BB92/17772. Black and White. Negative.
<21> SKE1369 Photograph: EXCAVATORS AT WORK ON THE SITE.. BB92/17771. Black and White. Negative.
<22> SKE1368 Photograph: SECTION OF TRENCH FROM WEST TO EAST ACCROSS THE SITE, ONE YARD NORTH OF DATUM LINE.. BB92/17770. Black and White. Negative.
<23> SKE1367 Photograph: PLAN OF PIT SITE , NO: 10.. BB92/17769. Black and White. Negative.
<24> SKE1374 Photograph: VIEW OF WORKINGS RUNNING PARALLEL WITH PLAYSTOL MEADOW MARKED 193A ON PLAN. BB92/17778. Black and White. Negative.
<26> SKE1372 Photograph: WATTLE FLOORING SHOWING SUPPORTING TIMBERS.. BB92/17774. Black and White. Negative.
<26> SKE1376 Photograph: CROSS-SECTION LATE BRONZE AGE SITE, MINNIS BAY. BB92/17781. Black and White. Negative.
<27>XY SKE1375 Photograph: PLAN OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT Types: X. BB92/17779. Black and White. Negative. [Mapped feature: #48707 settlement, ]
<28> SKE1373 Photograph: PART OF BICHINGTON FROM THE AIR AT HIGH TIDE.. BB92/17775. Black and White. Negative.
<29> SKE55184 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Minnis Bay.

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Related Events/Activities (4)

Non-Intrusive Event: Desk based assessment of the North Thanet Shore (EWX6617)
Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Minnis Bay, Thanet (EWX6618)
Intrusive Event: MINNIS BAY, SITE 1 (Ref: EI 15027) (EKE3997)
Intrusive Event: MINNIS BAY, SITE 1 (Ref: EI 15028) (EKE3998)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2022 2:12PM