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Monument details

Summary

Excavation revealed Iron Age, Belgic and Roman material.

Portable Antiquities Scheme find - Iron Age copper alloy coin.

Summary from record MKE63026:

Portable Antiquities Scheme find - Iron Age copper alloy coin.

Summary from record MKE63027:

Portable Antiquities Scheme find - Iron Age copper alloy coin.

Summary from record MKE66165:

Portable Antiquities Scheme find - Iron Age copper alloy coin.

Summary from record MKE66166:

Portable Antiquities Scheme find - Iron Age copper alloy coin.

Monument Types

• FEATURE (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 400 BC to 409 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 50 BC)

Associated Finds

• COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• COIN (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 50 BC)
• COIN (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 50 BC)
• COIN (Late Iron Age - 50 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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During preparations for new conservatory foundations trenches were dug. Over a metre of stratified deposits were revealed (including at Greenacres a 1st century well) and these produced a considerable quantity of Middle Iron Age pottery together with some Belgic and Roman material. (1-2)

There was also an excavation on this site in 1995 from which several PAS finds were recorded.

Description from record MKE63025:

date: from Circa 50 BC (Certain) to Circa 43 AD (Certain)
Period: Iron Age
Broad Period:
Method of manufacture: Struck or hammered
Length: 16.2 mm
Width: 18.1 mm
Weight: 2.8 grams
OS GridRef: TR33705542
Easting: 633700
Northing: 155420
Date found: 26 November 1995
Methods of discovery: Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified)
Circumstances of Discovery: found by Dover Archaeological group at base of ploughsoil during excavations (GAW-95-81)
Recorded by: Richard Hobbs
Other reference: DAG-GAW-Coin 5 (IA 3)
County: KENT
District: DOVER
Parish: WORTH
Address: Greenacres Bungalow
Jubilee Road
Known as: KENT WORTH
General landuse: Unknown
Specific landuse: Other
Ruler: Uncertain (Certain)
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
Obverse description: illeg.
Reverse description: illeg.
PAS notes: 'concave shape indicates Iron Age, details illegible' - info' D. Holman

Description from record MKE63026:
Date: from Circa 100 BC (Certain) to Circa 50 BC (Certain)
Period: Iron Age
Broad Period:
Method of manufacture: Cast
Surface treatment: Tinned
Length: 16.1 mm
Width: 16.6 mm
Weight: 3.2 grams
OS GridRef: TR33705542
Easting: 633700
Northing: 155420
Date found: 17 September 1996
Methods of discovery: Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified)
Circumstances of Discovery: found by Dover Archaeological group at base of ploughsoil during excavations (GAW-95-81)
Recorded by: Richard Hobbs
Other reference: DAG-GAW-Coin 4 (IA 2)
County: KENT
District: DOVER
Parish: WORTH
Address: Greenacres Bungalow
Jubilee Road
Known as: KENT WORTH
General landuse: Unknown
Specific landuse: Other
Ruler: Potin (Certain)
Denomination: uncertain
Obverse description: head of Apollo l.
Reverse description: bull r., 'MA' above, exergual line
Reverse inscription: MA
Die axis measurement: 2
PAS notes: 'coin is very early in the series; it is a direct copy of the prototype' - info' D. Holman

Description from record MKE63027:
Date: from Circa 100 BC (Certain) to Circa 50 BC (Certain)
Period: Iron Age
Broad Period:
Method of manufacture: Cast
Surface treatment: Tinned
Length: 17.1 mm
Width: 17.7 mm
Weight: 1.4 grams
OS GridRef: TR33705542
Easting: 633700
Northing: 155420
Date found: 17 September 1996
Methods of discovery: Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified)
Circumstances of Discovery: found by Dover Archaeological group at base of ploughsoil during excavations (GAW-95-81)
Recorded by: Richard Hobbs
Other reference: DAG-GAW-Coin 2 (IA 1)
County: KENT
District: DOVER
Parish: WORTH
Address: Greenacres Bungalow
Jubilee Road
Known as: KENT WORTH
General landuse: Unknown
Specific landuse: Other
Ruler: Potin (Certain)
Denomination: uncertain
Obverse description: linear head l.
Reverse description: illeg.
Degree of wear: poor
PAS notes: Info' from D Holman

Description from record MKE66165:
Period: Iron Age
Broad Period:
Weight: 1.4 grams
OS GridRef: TR33705542
Easting: 633700
Northing: 155420
Date found: 01 January 1995
Recorded by: Dan Pett
Other reference: 96.2255
County: KENT
District: DOVER
Parish: WORTH
Denomination: Unit (copper alloy)
PAS notes: This data is obtained from the Oxford University Celtic Coin Index. We cannot answer questions on the coins themselves. They were recorded by Oxford University staff.

Description from record MKE66166:
Period: Iron Age
Broad Period:
Weight: 3.2 grams
OS GridRef: TR33705542
Easting: 633700
Northing: 155420
Date found: 01 January 1995
Recorded by: Dan Pett
Other reference: 96.2256
County: KENT
District: DOVER
Parish: WORTH
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Status: Regular
Reverse inscription: MA
PAS notes: This data is obtained from the Oxford University Celtic Coin Index. We cannot answer questions on the coins themselves. They were recorded by Oxford University staff.

<1> Dover Archaeological Group, 1991, Dover Archaeological Group Annual Report for 1990, Page 5 (Unpublished document). SKE6750.

<2> Dover Archaeology Group, 1993, Report on a Watching Brief at No. 8 King George Villas, Worth, 1993 (Unpublished document). SKE6800.

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