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Monument record TR 36 SW 407 - Late bronze age enclosure - the 'southern enclosure', Cliffs End Farm
Summary
During excavation in advance of new housing a series of late bronze age enclosures were found. The southern enclosure comprised two sections of ditch that seemed to comprise the north-west corner of the enclosure, including an entrance. Like the northern and central enclosures the southern enclosure dated to the late bronze age. A substantial quantity of animal bone, a human ulna and pottery was found.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TR 3485 6425 (12m by 31m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR36SW |
| County | KENT |
| District | THANET, KENT |
| Civil Parish | CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE13692.
<2> Jacqueline I. McKinley, Jörn Schuster and Andrew Millard, 2013, Dead-sea connections: A Bronze Age and Iron Age ritual site on the Isle of Thanet (Bibliographic reference). SKE24068.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2014, Cliffs End Farm, Isle of Thanet, Kent: a mortuary and ritual site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon period (Bibliographic reference). SKE30562.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1>XY SKE13692 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report. [Mapped feature: #124155 enclosure, ]
- <2> SKE24068 Bibliographic reference: Jacqueline I. McKinley, Jörn Schuster and Andrew Millard. 2013. Dead-sea connections: A Bronze Age and Iron Age ritual site on the Isle of Thanet.
- <3> SKE30562 Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2014. Cliffs End Farm, Isle of Thanet, Kent: a mortuary and ritual site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon period.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event Boundary: Archaeological evaluation at Cliffs End Farm, Thanet, 2004 (EKE13915)
- Intrusive Event: Excavation at Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate (Ref: 56950.04) (EKE23067)
- Event Boundary: Excavation at Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, 2004-5 (Ref: 56950.04) (EKE9955)
Record last edited
Apr 29 2024 5:55PM