Source/Archive record (Unpublished document) SKE12566 - An Archaeological Watching Brief at Manston Court Farm, Manston, Thanet, Kent

Title An Archaeological Watching Brief at Manston Court Farm, Manston, Thanet, Kent
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2004

Abstract/Summary

This watching brief consisted of two phases of work. In phase one a section of drainage trench was excavated within the farmyard. This revealed an infilled hollow which was perhaps an early pond. Ground reduction works on the eastern and southern sides of the farm ranges were also observed. The southern area exposed the 19th century brick foundations of the range; the eastern work revealed that the foundations for this range had been constructed with flint rubble and reused pieces of worked ashlar stone, probably from the former Manor chapel. The second phase of works involved the monitoring of the excavation of a continiuous drainage trench from the grounds of the farm to the campsite to the east. Unstratified pegtile was noted occasionally in the topsoil and one piece was collected from the silts below. No stratified archaeological deposits containing artefacts were observed during the watching brief.

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Location

Kent County Council Heritage 2004/487

Referenced Monuments (1)

Referenced Events (1)

  • EKE8863 Watching brief at Manston Court Farm, Manston, Thanet, 2004 (Ref: Archive no. 1996)

Record last edited

May 7 2014 11:20AM