TR 276674 Iron Age and medieval enclosures were partially excavated in 1980. Site no. 105. (1)

TR 276674. Nether Hale, St Nicholas at Wade. Iron Age and medieval enclosures excavated in 1979 by D R J Perkins on behalf of the Thanet Archaeology Unit. Archives in the possession of the unit. (2)

TR 27666736. Double ditched rectilinear enclosure, with well defined entrance on west; very substantial ditches superimposed on fainter rectilinear enclosure. Fragments of a third enclosure and other features to the east. (3,4,5)

Cropmarks at TR 277675 - TR 276674 were excavated by the Isle of Thanet Archaeology Unit revealing evidence of an early iron Age forming enclosure overlayed by a medieval enclosure. Pottery found dates to 800-600 BC to 13-14th century AD. (6)

(a) TR 276674 -278675. Cropmarks of ditched enclosure. This site consists of a double ditched enclosure of the period 10-13th century. (see illustration card). Finds include potsherds, animal bones, human skeletal meaterial, sea shells and suggest the origins of the site arelate Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. (7)

(TR 276674 sited from Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit S.M.A. Map Diagram). Cropmarks show a rectangular enclosure c.1 hectare framed by parallel defensive ditches. About a quarter of the site was excavated in 1979 and showed that the enclosure was medieval with the underlying remains of an early Iron Age occupation site. (8)

TSMR site no. 0564. (9)

A large double ditched enclosure of the period 10-15th century. An excavation in 1979 on 25 % of the site revealed it to have been a phased development Saxo-Norman to the 15th century. Additional finds included potsherds, animal bones, human skeletal material, sea shells as the site was superimposed on the shallow ditches of a bronze age settlement or farmstead (TR 26 NE 1043). (10 - 11)

Additional Info (12 - 13)

The cropmark remains of the double-ditched enclosure (described by previous authorities) and an earlier single ditched enclosure beneath were mapped from aerial photographs NMR 4137/23 18-JUL-1988 and Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 25-MAY-2012 as part of the Historic England Isle of Thanet project in 2024 (14-15) .

<1> Thanet-The Arch Heritage c1982 8 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49920.

<2> RCHME Excav Index Thanet, Kent PRN 15022 pl (OS Card Reference). SKE48994.

<3> APs (CUC BXA 30-1; 04.06.76) (OS Card Reference). SKE34207.

<4> APs (CUC BMT 95-97; 04.06.73) (OS Card Reference). SKE34206.

<5> APs (CUC AD1 47-8 14.06.61) (OS Card Reference). SKE34203.

<6> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Interim Rep 1977-80 25 site 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE44521.

<7> KARU T3 T3a (OS Card Reference). SKE45631.

<8> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet Sites and Monuments Record, Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 105 plan (Index). SKE6444.

<9> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 300/26 (OS Card Reference). SKE44655.

<10> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet Sites and Monuments Record (Index). SKE6444.

<11> Perkins, D. R. J., 1991, Land north of St Nicholas Roundabout (Unpublished document). SWX6942.

<12> 1978, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10651.

<13> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10642.

<14> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 4137/23 18-JUL-1988 (Archive). SKE57106.

<15> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 25-MAY-2012 (Archive). SKE57110.