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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 SE 287 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Late Bronze Age field system, The Meads, Sittingbourne |
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Summary
A possible Late Bronze Age field system.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8927 6472 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86SE |
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| Parish: | BOBBING, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FIELD SYSTEM? (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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In 2008 Canterbury Archaeological Trust carried out a watching brief and excavation. A possible Late Bronze Age field system was identified. A ditch appeared to respect the ring ditch of an Early Bronze Age round barrow. (1)
<1> Weekes, J., 2012, Canterbury Archaeological Trust Interim Reports, Archaeologia Cantiana CXXXII 2012: 299-300 (Article in serial). SKE25119.
<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2015, The Meads, Sittingbourne, Kent, 2012 excavation, Archaeological assessment report (Unpublished document). SKE53675.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Weekes, J.. 2012. Canterbury Archaeological Trust Interim Reports. Arch Cant CXXXII: 291-305. Archaeologia Cantiana CXXXII 2012: 299-300. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2015. The Meads, Sittingbourne, Kent, 2012 excavation, Archaeological assessment report. |
