Monument record TQ 97 SE 52 - Neolithic multi ditched causewayed enclosure, Kingsborough Manor

Summary

An early Neolithic causewayed enclosure over 200 m in diameter (75% of boundary conjectural). Appeared in evaluation trenches 3 and 5 in 1999. Excavated further in 2000.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 9768 7198 (218m by 225m) Centred on
Map sheet TQ97SE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish EASTCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

An early Neolithic causewayed enclosure over 200 m in diameter. Appeared in evaluation trenches 3 and 5 in 1999 (2). Excavated further in 2000 (1 and 3). Three circuits of enclosure ditches were found. Only the second to be recorded in Kent (the other is in Ramsgate), this feature is of regional and national importance.

The latest ditch fill produced a RadioCarbon date of 1190-920 cal BC (2868±35 BP, NZA-22280)(4). Original reference given as (Ellis and Allen in Allen et al. 2008):
Ellis, C. and Allen, M.J., 2008, The excavated evidence, in Allen M.J., Leivers M. and Ellis C., Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures and Later Prehistoric Farming: Duality, Imposition and the Role of Predecessors at Kingsborough, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 74, 282–88


Wessex Archaeology, 2000, Kingsborough Farm Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Phase 1 Stage 2 Archaeological Excavation: Summary Report (Unpublished document). SKE12298.

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2000, Archaeological investigations at Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment and Draft Proposals for Future Work (Unpublished document). SKE12602.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 1999, An Archaeological Evaluation at Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12325.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Kingsborough Manor Development, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, kent. Watching Briefs, Evaluation, and Phase 1, Stage 2 Excavation: Assessment Report and proposals for Post-Excavation Analyses and Publication (Unpublished document). SKE12297.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Kingsborough Manor, Phase 3 Stages 1 and 2, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31436.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2000. Kingsborough Farm Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Phase 1 Stage 2 Archaeological Excavation: Summary Report.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2000. Archaeological investigations at Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment and Draft Proposals for Future Work.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 1999. An Archaeological Evaluation at Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. Kingsborough Manor Development, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, kent. Watching Briefs, Evaluation, and Phase 1, Stage 2 Excavation: Assessment Report and proposals for Post-Excavation Analyses and Publication.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Kingsborough Manor, Phase 3 Stages 1 and 2, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.

Finds (5)

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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (5)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Kingsborough Farm, Sheppey (Ref: KIF99) (EKE8630)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey (Ref: 1067) (EKE8898)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation on Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey (Ref: 46792.1) (EKE8604)
  • Intrusive Event: Phase 1, Stage 2 evaulation at Kingsborough Manor, Eastchurch, Sheppey (EKE12152)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching Brief at Kingsborough Manor, Eastchurch Sheppey (Ref: 46792.2) (EKE8602)

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Record last edited

May 14 2025 1:48PM