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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 97 SE 50
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Late Bronze Age Settlement, Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Sheppey

Summary

A late Bronze Age settlement consisting of four enclosures, three curved, one over 100m in diameter, and one rectangular. The last enclosure contained pit/posthole features which possibly represent three structures. To the north-east is a cremation cemetery possibly associated. The site excavated extends over 400 m (north-south) and 140 m (east-west), and probably beyond.

Grid Reference:	TQ 9776 7214
Map Sheet:	TQ97SE
Parish:	EASTCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

ENCLOSURE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SETTLEMENT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
STRUCTURE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC? to 42 AD?)
WORKED FLINT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
PERFORATED OBJECT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC? to 701 BC?)
POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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A late Bronze Age settlement consisting of four enclosures, three curved, one over 100m in diameter. The last enclosure contained pit/posthole features which possibly represent three structures. To the north-east is a cremation cemetery possibly associated. The site excavated extends over 400 m (north-south) and 140 m (east-west), and probably beyond. (1-4)

An evaluation of the Phase 2 area of the development in 2005 found the continuing circuit of the large circular enclosure, suggesting that it is likely to be c.125m in diameter. (5)

Wessex Archaeology, 2000, Kingsborough Farm Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Phase 1 Stage 2 Archaeological Excavation: Summary Report (Unpublished document). SKE12298.

<1> Archaeology South-East, 1999, An Archaeological Evaluation at Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12325.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 2000, Archaeological investigations at Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment and Draft Proposals for Future Work (Unpublished document). SKE12602.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Kingsborough Manor Development, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, kent. Watching Briefs, Evaluation, and Phase 1, Stage 2 Excavation: Assessment Report and proposals for Post-Excavation Analyses and Publication (Unpublished document). SKE12297.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
---	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2000. Kingsborough Farm Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Phase 1 Stage 2 Archaeological Excavation: Summary Report.
<1>	Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 1999. An Archaeological Evaluation at Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
<2>	Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2000. Archaeological investigations at Kingsborough Farm, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment and Draft Proposals for Future Work.
<3>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. Kingsborough Manor Development, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, kent. Watching Briefs, Evaluation, and Phase 1, Stage 2 Excavation: Assessment Report and proposals for Post-Excavation Analyses and Publication.