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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SW 7
Type of record:Monument
Name:Early Iron Age pits, pedestal urns (fouund 1938); possible salt working mine

Summary

Early Iron Age pits containing pottery, possible briquetage, daub, bone and pedestal urns (fouund 1938); poss salt working mine found during construction work in 1938.

Grid Reference:TR 3207 7027
Map Sheet:TR37SW
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • CINERARY URN (CINERARY URN, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • PIT (PIT, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • SALT WORKS (SALT WORKS, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BRIQUETAGE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • SHERD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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Early Iron Age pits, 10 feet in diameter and 3 feet deep, were found in 1938 when the cliff was cut back to accommodate a shelter. The infilling comprised a large quantity of pottery fragments, some showing ornamentation, and several bases of Swarling-Aylesford type pedestal urns, daub with wattle compress and bones. A small oblong stone trough from the site, in Margate Public Library (b), is considered by J.P.T Burchell to be a salt evaporating vessel. Find spot at TR 32077027 pointed out by Miss D.E Swinford (c) formerly of Waterside, nearby, who first reported the site. (1,2) TR 321704 (Sited to nearest 50 m) Iron Age remains found in cliff face. Site No.3. (3). Site in context with other IA inter-tidal sites, see (8).


<1> F1 CFW 10-OCT-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42519.

<2> Isle of Thanet Gaz Jan 1938 5 (OS Card Reference). SKE44781.

<3> Display Card Margate Public Library (OS Card Reference). SKE39738.

<4> DE Swinford Domneva House Domneva Rd Westgate (OS Card Reference). SKE39689.

<5> Archaeol Cant 50 1939 147 (CE Fisher) (OS Card Reference). SKE37231.

<6> Thanet The Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Coun & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49892.

<7> Field report for monument TR 37 SW 7 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6329.

<8> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p19 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 10-OCT-1963.
<2>OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Gaz Jan 1938 5.
<3>OS Card Reference: Display Card Margate Public Library.
<4>OS Card Reference: DE Swinford Domneva House Domneva Rd Westgate.
<5>XYOS Card Reference: Archaeol Cant 50 1939 147 (CE Fisher). [Mapped feature: #67483 Iron Age features and finds, ]
<6>OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Coun & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit).
<7>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 37 SW 7 - October, 1963.
<8>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p19.