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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 SE 53 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Belgic habitation site |
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Summary
Belgic habitation site
| Grid Reference: | TR 3621 5088 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SETTLEMENT (SETTLEMENT, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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[TR 36215088] Belgic Habitation site found about AD 1935 [NAT] (1) A V-shaped pit which contained Belgic sherds was revealed in November 1935 when digging a drain to a bungalow at Mill Hill. The pit ran roughly N-S on the northern [western] side of Cross Road about 100 yards W [S] of the Mill-Hill Waterworks Road (St Richard's Road) crossing and was 11 feet wide, 4 feet 9 inches deep. At 3 feet from the surface, was a narrow burnt layer with food bones, a quantity of potsherds and remains of many domestic wheel-turned vessels of the C1 AD. (2) additional references (3-4)
<1> OS 25" 1938 (OS Card Reference). SKE48265.
<2> F1 ASP 21-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42222.
<3> Arch Cant 48 1936 236 (WPD Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE35231.
<4> Field report for monument TR 35 SE 53 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6111.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1938. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 21-JUL-64. |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 48 1936 236 (WPD Stebbing). [Mapped feature: #58752 occupation site, ] |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 35 SE 53 - July, 1964. |
