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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 27 SE 2 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Belgic or Roman pit/quarry feature, Grenham Bay, Birchington |
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Summary
The remains of a large pit or chalk quarry on the foreshore. The feature was 10m in diameter, and had been heavily eroded. No finds were recorded but it was dated to the late Iron Age or early Roiman period based on its context.
| Grid Reference: | TR 293 700 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR27SE |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHALK PIT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? (at some time) to 409 AD? (at some time))
- QUARRY? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC (at some time) to 409 AD (at some time))
Full description
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TR 293 700 Belgic or Roman quarry. This is a large pit or chalk quarry 10 m in diameter, sectioned by erosion. There were no finds (1,2). For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (3) and site photograph (4).
<1> Thanet Arch Unit Eroding History 1986 (OS Card Reference). SKE49865.
<2> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 20 (OS Card Reference). SKE44587.
<3> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p20 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9672.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Thanet Arch Unit Eroding History 1986. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 20. [Mapped feature: #51814 Pit, ] |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p20. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 7059. print. |
