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Monument record TR 36 SE 24 - Neolithic causewayed enclosure, Ramsgate
Summary
The remains of a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, Pegwell Bay, Ramsgate. The monument measures about 150 metres in diameter and consists of three concentric circuits of interrupted ditches. Excavations revealed that all of the ditched had been recut and there were significant differences in the fill of the ditches. The inner ditch had more cremated bone. The middle ditch contained more flints, particularly scrapers and arrowheads. The outer ditch had evidence for possible feasting with animal bones and seashells often in association with pottery. It also contained parts of two human skulls, one on top of other. The second had been placed in a re-cut of the ditch, suggesting that a repeated ritual event took place that this location.
A pair of parallel causewayed ditches, which also contained Neolithic pottery later replaced this enclosure, and in turn this was also replaced by two parallel ditches containing pottery.
Location
| Grid reference | TR 3616 6463 (point) GCE |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR36SE |
| Civil Parish | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
| County | KENT |
| District | THANET, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1998, Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road 1998: Interim Report Areas A, B (North) & C. (Unpublished document). SKE29236.
Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2000, The Ramsgate Causewayed Enclosure; A Proposal for Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE29244.
<1> AP (CUC BTG 106; 25.6.75) (OS Card Reference). SKE33434.
<2> National Monuments Record, 1997, Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic: Possible Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures (Unpublished document). SKE6569.
<3> RCHME (Cambridge), 1996, A Possible Causewayed Enclosure at Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12078.
<4> ArchaeoScape Consulting, 1997, Chalk Hill (Kent) Palaeonvironmental Assessment Report (July 1997) Phase 1 Stage 2 (Unpublished document). SKE12090.
<5> ArchaeoScape Consulting, 1997, Chalk Hill (Kent) Palaeonvironmental Assessment Report (June 1997) (Unpublished document). SKE12091.
<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road Archaeological Evaluation: Phase 1, Stage 2. June - July 1997 (Unpublished document). SKE12110.
<7> Gibson, A., 2006, Assemblage assessment of Neolithic and early Bronze Age pottery: Chalk Hill, Ramsgate, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE51959.
Sources/Archives (9)
- --- SKE29236 Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1998. Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road 1998: Interim Report Areas A, B (North) & C..
- --- SKE29244 Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2000. The Ramsgate Causewayed Enclosure; A Proposal for Assessment.
- <1> SKE33434 OS Card Reference: AP (CUC BTG 106; 25.6.75).
- <2> SKE6569 Unpublished document: National Monuments Record. 1997. Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic: Possible Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures.
- <3> SKE12078 Unpublished document: RCHME (Cambridge). 1996. A Possible Causewayed Enclosure at Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent.
- <4> SKE12090 Unpublished document: ArchaeoScape Consulting. 1997. Chalk Hill (Kent) Palaeonvironmental Assessment Report (July 1997) Phase 1 Stage 2.
- <5> SKE12091 Unpublished document: ArchaeoScape Consulting. 1997. Chalk Hill (Kent) Palaeonvironmental Assessment Report (June 1997).
- <6> SKE12110 Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road Archaeological Evaluation: Phase 1, Stage 2. June - July 1997.
- <7> SKE51959 Unpublished document: Gibson, A.. 2006. Assemblage assessment of Neolithic and early Bronze Age pottery: Chalk Hill, Ramsgate, Kent.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (7)
- Parent of: Chalk Hill Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure - Inner arc (Monument) (TR 36 SE 792)
- Parent of: Chalk Hill Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure - Middle arc (Monument) (TR 36 SE 793)
- Parent of: Chalk Hill Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure - outer arc excavated segments (Monument) (TR 36 SE 795)
- Parent of: Chalk Hill Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure - outer arc, segments visible as cropmarks on Aerial Photographs (Monument) (TR 36 SE 796)
- Parent of: Chalk Hill Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure - outer pit alignment (Monument) (TR 36 SE 797)
- Parent of: Chalk Hill Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure - Pit alignment between Inner and Middle Arcs (Monument) (TR 36 SE 794)
- Parent of: Neolithic features, including pits and possible 'coves' associated with Chalk Hill Causewayed Enclosure (Monument) (TR 36 SE 798)
Related Events/Activities (47)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Air Photograph Interpretation, Ramsgate (EKE22367)
- Intrusive Event: Excavation of Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road 1997/8 (EKE13323)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Ramsgate Causewayed Enclosure Project (EKE22395)
- Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Kent Mapping Project (EKE20439)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 10 (EKE23216)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 11 (EKE23217)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 12 (EKE23218)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 13 (EKE23219)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 14 (EKE23220)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 15 (EKE23221)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 16 (EKE23222)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 17 (EKE23223)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 18 (EKE23224)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 19 (EKE23225)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 20 (EKE23226)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 21 (EKE23227)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 22 (EKE23228)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 23 (EKE23229)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 24 (EKE23230)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 25 (EKE23231)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 26 (EKE23232)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 27 (EKE23233)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 28 (EKE23234)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 29 (EKE23235)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 30 (EKE23236)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 31 (EKE23237)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 32 (EKE23238)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 33 (EKE23239)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 35 (EKE23240)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 36 (EKE23241)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 37 (EKE23242)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 38 (EKE23243)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 39 (EKE23244)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 40 (EKE23245)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 41 (EKE23246)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 42 (EKE23247)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 43 (EKE23248)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 44 (EKE23249)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 46 (EKE23250)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 47 (EKE23251)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 48 (EKE23252)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 49 (EKE23253)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 50 (EKE23254)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 51 (EKE23255)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 52 (EKE23256)
- Intrusive Event: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2 - Trench 9 (EKE23215)
- Event Boundary: Trenching at Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road, Ramsgate, Phase 1 Stage 2, 1997 (EKE8421)
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Record last edited
Jun 20 2024 4:48PM