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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 SE 319 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Iron Age and Roman site, south of Nooketts Wood |
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Summary
Numerous metal detecting finds dating from the Iron Age and Roman period have been recovered from this area. A geophysical survey carried out to investigate this concentration revealed a complex of a ditched track way, pits, enclosures and sunken floored structures.
| Grid Reference: | TR 26190 53590 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25SE |
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| Parish: | GOODNESTONE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- GRUBENHAUS? (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Iron Age and Roman site, south of Nooketts Wood |
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Full description
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Numerous metal detecting finds dating from the Iron Age and Roman period have been recovered from this area.
Metal finds from the site have been identified including a lead sealing and pre-Flavian military equipment. (1)
A geophysical survey was carried out in August 1997 to investigate this concentration. It revealed a complex of a ditched trackway, pits, enclosures and possible sunken floored structures. (2)
<1> Nicola Bannister, 2001, Goodnestone Park and Estate: Heritage Landscape Management Plan (Unpublished document). SKE15949.
<2> Oxford Archaeotechnics Ltd, 1997, Land south of Nooketts Wood, Goodnestone, Kent: Gradiometer Survey (Unpublished document). SKE16317.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 2001. Goodnestone Park and Estate: Heritage Landscape Management Plan. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeotechnics Ltd. 1997. Land south of Nooketts Wood, Goodnestone, Kent: Gradiometer Survey. |
