Source/Archive record (Monograph) SKE53449 - Thanet's Longest Excavation: Archaeological Investigations Along the Route of the Weatherless - Margate - Broadstairs Wastewater Pipeline

Title Thanet's Longest Excavation: Archaeological Investigations Along the Route of the Weatherless - Margate - Broadstairs Wastewater Pipeline
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2008

Abstract/Summary

Report detailing the excavations undertaken in advance of the Margate and Broadstairs Urban Wastewater Treatment Scheme (UWTS) on the Isle of Thanet, Kent. The programme of archaeological works consisted of an integrated strategy of desk-based assessment utilising aerial photography analysis, and field evaluation incorporating geophysical survey, machine cut trenches, boreholes, and hand dug test pits. Following evaluation, excavations were undertaken where appropriate, and a watching brief was maintained during the pipe installation in particular locations along the route During the course of the pipeline investigations, 13 ‘sites’ or ‘areas’ of archaeological significance were identified and excavated. Thiis report deals with nine of these.

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Description

Forms part of monograph - Kentish Sites and Sites of Kent - A miscellany of four archaeological excavations produced by Wessex Archaeology in 2009 (Wessex Archaeology Report 24) pp 57-172

Location

Kent County Council Heritage 2014/463

Referenced Monuments (7)

  • Cropmark of ring ditch, east of Broadley Road (Monument)
  • Early Neolithic mortuary Monument, Broadley Road Margate (Monument)
  • Linear features and ditches representing part of Medieval enclosures (Monument)
  • Linear features possibly forming part of a Romano-British rectilinear field system, Star Lane (Monument)
  • Medieval features, including possible bakery building, Star Lane (Monument)
  • Possible mortuary related deposit of Bronze Age date, Star Lane (Monument)
  • Rectilinear field system, possibly Roman or Medieval in date, along route of Margate to Weatherless Hill pipeline (Area 3) (Monument)

Referenced Events (5)

  • EKE13336 Excavation of area prior to pipe installation, Margate to Broadstairs (2005)
  • EKE24585 Excavation of area prior to pipe installation, Margate to Broadstairs (2005) - Area 3 Broadley Road
  • EKE24590 Excavation of area prior to pipe installation, Margate to Broadstairs (2005) - Area 8 Star Lane
  • EKE24593 Excavation of area prior to pipe installation, Margate to Broadstairs (2005) - Area 9 (north) Coldswood Road
  • EKE24594 Excavation of area prior to pipe installation, Margate to Broadstairs (2005) - Area 9 (South) Coldswood Road

Record last edited

Jan 28 2025 12:39PM