Monument record TQ 96 NW 97 - Mid-Late Bronze Age features north of Ridham Avenue

Summary

Evaluation trenches around the proposed junction 4 of the road scheme revealed intercutting prehistoric features, dated through the flints and diagnostic potsherds recovered from them to the Mid-Late Bronze Age. The features were located along an 80m branch off this junction, with grid ref points given at either end of the observed archaeology. The report states that the function and type of these features could not be determined. It is suggested in the report that the date of these features links this archaeology to the Mid-Late Bronze Age site discovered south of Ridham Avenue at Kemsley Fields (TQ 96 NW 1004), which is presumed to have extended northward into the current development area. The road scheme also revealed features of late Neolithic to Bronze Age date to the north (TQ 96 NW 96) and Late Iron Age/ Romano-British features to the east (TQ 96 NW 98).

Location

Grid reference TQ 9112 6632 (point) Centred on
Map sheet TQ96NW
Civil Parish SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT
District SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2002, An Archaeological Evaluation on land north of Ridham Avenue, Kemsley, near Sittingbourne. Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12289.

Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2002, An Archaeological Evaluation on land north of Ridham Avenue, Kemsley, near Sittingbourne. Kent (Unpublished document). Ske12289.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2002. An Archaeological Evaluation on land north of Ridham Avenue, Kemsley, near Sittingbourne. Kent.
  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2002. An Archaeological Evaluation on land north of Ridham Avenue, Kemsley, near Sittingbourne. Kent.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation on land north of Ridham Avenue, Kemsley, near Sittingbourne (EKE8594)

Record last edited

May 31 2011 11:22AM