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Monument record TQ 66 SW 20 - Late Iron Age/Early Romano-British enclosure system
Summary
A number of Late Iron Age/Early Romano British features including numerous ditches pits and gullies were excavated in 2010. Oven kilns stakeholes and pits that could not be dated were found in association with them and the features are believed to make up an enclosure system. A Mesolithic palaeochannel was also excavated with a quantity of struck flint recovered from it.
Summary from record TQ 66 SW 15:
During gas pipe laying in November 1969 a ditch containing 2nd century Romano-British pottery was discovered. The ditch was subsequently traced by a resistivity survey.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 6020 6469 (195m by 60m) (25 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ66SW |
| County | KENT |
| Civil Parish | ASH-CUM-RIDLEY, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
| District | SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (5)
Full Description
<1> KAR 24 1971 113 (B Philp) (OS Card Reference). SKE45272.
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2010, Farningham To Hadlow, Kent 1200mm Natural Gas Pipeline. Post Excavation Assessment Report and Updated Project Desgin. Mitigation Area and Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SKE31080.
<2> Arch Cant 88 1973 220 (RAC Cockett) (OS Card Reference). SKE35951.
<3> RSK Environment, 2000, Farningham to High Halden Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE12160.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2010, Farningham To Hadlow, Kent 1200mm Natural Gas Pipeline. Post Excavation Assessment Report and Updated Project Desgin. Mitigation Area and Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SKE31080.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SKE31080 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2010. Farningham To Hadlow, Kent 1200mm Natural Gas Pipeline. Post Excavation Assessment Report and Updated Project Desgin. Mitigation Area and Watching Brief.
- <1> SKE45272 OS Card Reference: KAR 24 1971 113 (B Philp).
- <2> SKE35951 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 88 1973 220 (RAC Cockett).
- <3> SKE12160 Unpublished document: RSK Environment. 2000. Farningham to High Halden Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Environmental Statement.
- <4> SKE31080 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2010. Farningham To Hadlow, Kent 1200mm Natural Gas Pipeline. Post Excavation Assessment Report and Updated Project Desgin. Mitigation Area and Watching Brief.
Finds (2)
Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Farningham to Hadlow, Kent, 1200mm Natural Gas Pipeline. Post Excavation Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. (EKE14480)
- Intrusive Event: MANOR FORSTAL,NEW ASH GREEN (Ref: EI 14917) (EKE3917)
- Intrusive Event: NEAR ASH CHURCH (Ref: EI 36248) (EKE4511)
- Intrusive Event: NR MANOR HOUSE (Ref: EI 36249) (EKE4512)
Record last edited
Apr 5 2024 4:42PM