Source/Archive record (Unpublished document) SKE58300 - ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF REPORT MILITARY ROAD RISING MAIN REPLACEMENT CHALK HILL LANE, RAMSGATE KENT

Title ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF REPORT MILITARY ROAD RISING MAIN REPLACEMENT CHALK HILL LANE, RAMSGATE KENT
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2017

Abstract/Summary

Report detailing the results of the archaeological watching brief carried out by Archaeology South-East on the pipeline between the Military Road Wastewater Pumping Station to the Weatherlees Hill Wastewater Treatment Works, between 27th September and 17th October 2016. The excavations identified part of a Middle/Late Iron Age field system, possible barrow ditch and inhumation burial at Chalk Hill. The only later feature found was an Early Anglo-Saxon inhumation. Both of the inhumations were unfurnished and were dated by radiocarbon dating.

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Description

unpublished report produced by Archaeology South East.

Location

Kent County Council Heritage 2024/885

Referenced Monuments (2)

  • Anglo Saxon inhumation burial, on land around Chalk Hill. (Monument)
  • Part of a middle - late Iron Age field system and Iron Age inhumation burial, on land around Chalk Hill. (Monument)

Referenced Events (2)

  • EKE24632 Archaeological Watching Brief, Military Road Rising Main Replacement, Chalk Hill Lane, Ramsgate. Kent (Ref: MRR16)
  • EKE24633 Archaeological Watching Brief, Military Road Rising Main Replacement, Chalk Hill Lane, Ramsgate. Kent (Ref: MRR16)

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Feb 14 2025 12:09PM