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Monument record TR 36 SW 134 - Early Bronze Age Barrow 1 - Cliffsend Farm, Ramsgate, Thanet
Summary
Excavations ahead of the development of a site at Cliffsend Farm, Ramsgate, revealed a wide variety of interesting features and finds. The features included a group of Early Bronze Age barrows. The first of these was a double ditched example, possibly comprising two phases - earlier inner ditch with possible grave and later outer ditch. There was a central grave which contained an assemblage of flint pottery and a copper alloy object. There were however, no human remains recovered, it is possible that they did not survive or there may never have been any. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TR 34781 64261 (22m by 27m) (4 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR36SW |
| County | KENT |
| District | THANET, KENT |
| Civil Parish | CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
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 Wessex Archaeology, 2005, Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report (Unpublished document).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.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: archaeological evaluation report (Unpublished document). SKE30563.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1>XY SKE13692 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report. [Mapped feature: #123957 barrow, ]
- <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.
- <4> SKE30563 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2004. Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: archaeological evaluation report.
Finds (4)
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)
Related Thematic Articles (1)
Record last edited
Apr 22 2024 3:54PM