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Monument details

Summary

A Bronze Age ditched ditched enclosure was found on the foreshore at St. Mildred's Bay. Finds from the site included a bronze palstave hoard in a bark container and Deverel Rimbury type pottery sherds. The pastave hoard was dated by type to c.1300-1200 BC. The overall pottery scatter dated to c600 BC. At least one late Neolithic/Bronze Age flint scraper has also been found (see TR 37 SW 1000). A further feature at the site was found to contain Belgic/Romano-British pottery (see TR 37 SW 1018). The site is being monitored as it is in the process of destruction by natural and human agency.

Monument Types

• DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• Hoard (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• SETTLEMENT? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
• POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Middle Bronze Age to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 1600 BC to 600 AD)
• PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1300 BC to 1200 BC)

Full description

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TR 3275 7050 Bronze Age, Iron Age and Romano-British features and finds. E-LBA ditched enclosure with Deverel Rimbury type sherds and a bronze palstave hoard in bark container;
While one inshore feature contains sherds of Belgic/Romano-British pottery, (TR 37 SW 1018), overall pottery scatter from the site can be dated to c600 BC. A bronze hoard of 10 palstave axes exhibit styles current c1200 BC-1300 BC. (3). At least one late Neolithic/Bronze Age flint scraper has also been found. (TR 37 SW 1000) See illustration card. (1). Site being monitored by Thanet Soc/Trust and is in process of destruction by natural and human agency, despite SSSI status. Stream bed is full of timber and structural remains and man-made features, with earliest furthest from shore. Earlier and later remains recorded as separate monuments. For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone see (3). Additional reference which talks about the finds from the site (4).

<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 rec no 301 (OS Card Reference). SKE44659.

<2> David Perkins/Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2000, Thanet and Wantsum coastal sites, 2000 (Unpublished document). SWX9343.

<3> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<4> Perkins, D., 1988, A Middle Bronze Age hoard from St Mildred's Bay, 1988 (Article in serial). SWX9344.

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