Monument record TR 26 NE 141 - Mid to late Bronze/early Iron Age activity at Thanet Earth

Summary

A number of features including two possible enclosures were located in an Evaluation in 2007 and 2008.

Location

Grid reference TR 2865 6724 (point)
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

An archaeological evaluation took place at Thanet Earth in 2007 and 2008. This period is considered here as a whole due to the difficulties of separating the various chronological sub‐phases. There were potentially many isolated, scattered features of this period indicating general occupation of the area, but the main elements seem to comprise two possible enclosures. a possibly later Bronze age enclosure in the extreme northern part of the site with an interrelated site‐wide field system, which probably represents the largest exposure of such a system in Kent to date. Two barrows (Barrows 7 and 8) and a large pond on Plateau 2 were probably also of this period . To the south on Plateau 6, two uncertainly dated enclosures (Enclosures 6 and 7) were only partially revealed but were probably prehistoric. (1)


<1> Canon Scott Robertson, 2011, Excavations at Thanet Earth 2007-2008: Assessment Report Volume 1 and 2 (Unpublished document). SKE29447.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2011, Excavations at Thanet Earth 2007‐2008: Stratigraphic Report Volume 1 (DRAFT)
Stratigraphic Report
(Unpublished document). SKE29450.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY Unpublished document: Canon Scott Robertson. 2011. Excavations at Thanet Earth 2007-2008: Assessment Report Volume 1 and 2. [Mapped feature: #82947 ]
  • <2> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2011. Excavations at Thanet Earth 2007‐2008: Stratigraphic Report Volume 1 (DRAFT) Stratigraphic Report.

Finds (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event Boundary: Excavations at Thanet Earth 2007-2008 (EKE14749)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavations at Thanet Earth 2007‐2008: Stratigraphic Report Volume 1 (DRAFT) (EKE14773)

Record last edited

Jul 16 2023 10:28PM