Monument record TR 35 NW 111 - Bronze Age or Iron Age pits

Summary

Two pits were recorded in a chalk pit face. Hacklinge Holes chalk pit, Worth

Location

Grid reference TR 3376 5503 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR35NW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish WORTH, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

TR 3376 5504. Iron Age site. Two pits located in the face of an old chalk quarry at Hacklinge Holes, Worth, by Mr R Tyman of Ramsgate, were excavated by Dover Archaeological Group in June 1983. One pit produced a large amount of Early Iron Age pottery 'tentatively dated to 850-650 BC' a loom-weight, an amber bead and several large briquetage fragments. The other pit produced only a few sherds of Iron Age pottery. (1)

The pits were subsequently described as being of Bronze age date, dating to about 1000 BC. (2)


<1> Arch Cant 99 1983 290 (K Parfitt) (OS Card Reference). SKE36354.

<2> Dover Archaeological Group, 1990, Brief Report on the Excavations by Dover Archaeological Group in the Area of the Roman Temple at Worth, in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE11891.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 99 1983 290 (K Parfitt). [Mapped feature: #57955 find, ]
  • <2> Unpublished document: Dover Archaeological Group. 1990. Brief Report on the Excavations by Dover Archaeological Group in the Area of the Roman Temple at Worth, in Kent.

Finds (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Excavation of two pits in Hacklinge Holes, Worth (Ref: EI 15285) (EKE4186)

Record last edited

Apr 27 2023 3:32PM