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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 NW 3 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Iron Age pit and finds |
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Summary
Iron Age pit and finds
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6004 6800 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66NW |
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| Parish: | FAWKHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HEARTH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (PIT, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- SHERD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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In 1931 an Early Iron Age pit was discovered at TQ 60056801 whilst digging a cess-pit at the Old Downs, Hartley. A section was made of a pit about 8 feet deep in the chalk. At the bottom was an old hearth with some calcined chalk, a roe deer antler, a piece of sharpened bone, and two very small pieces of pottery. Finds deposited in Maidstone Museum by D.C. Keef. (1,2) Area siting of cess-pits at TQ 60056801 confirmed. (3)
<1> Arch Cant vol 51 1939 204 (OS Card Reference). SKE36404.
<2> Maidstone Museum 6" (OS Card Reference). SKE46355.
<3> F1 ASP 16.10.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42130.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 66 NW 3 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3526.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant vol 51 1939 204. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum 6". |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16.10.64. |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 66 NW 3 - October, 1964. [Mapped feature: #14436 pit, ] |
