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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 65 NW 1
Type of record:Monument
Name:Early Iron Age pot sherd findspost and possible occuaption site

Summary

Possible sit of Iron Age hut dwellings and findspots of early Iron Age pottery


Grid Reference:TQ 6045 5669
Map Sheet:TQ65NW
Parish:BOROUGH GREEN, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • HUT (HUT, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SHERD (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 6045 5669] Huts [NR] (Site of) (1) Possible hut dwellings, large holes and 5-ft. deep floor of ragstone. A thick beaded-rim sherd of EIA was found [TQ 6045 5669] (2) Large holes, 5 ft. deep, floors made of ragstone, rim fragment of EIA type, with thick beaded rim. [Note by Surveyor: "....cannot be seen owing to quarry tip..."] ((3) Nothing to be seen. Site occupied by refuse heaps from quarry. No further information obtained at Maidstone Museum. (4)


<1> OS 6" 1936 (OS Card Reference). SKE48337.

<2> F.W.Shilling, 20.12.21 (OS Card Reference). SKE41733.

<3> Maidstone Museum Arch 6" (anon, udtd.) (OS Card Reference). SKE46399.

<4> OGS Crawford udtd (OS Card Reference). SKE47859.

<5> Maidstone Maps (F.W.Shilling, 20.12.21) (OS Card Reference). SKE46266.

<6> Rev ONB 1936-7 39 (OS Card Reference). SKE49191.

<7> F1 ASP 18-JUN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42167.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 1 - June, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3332.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1936.
<2>OS Card Reference: F.W.Shilling, 20.12.21.
<3>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch 6" (anon, udtd.).
<4>OS Card Reference: OGS Crawford udtd.
<5>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Maps (F.W.Shilling, 20.12.21).
<6>OS Card Reference: Rev ONB 1936-7 39.
<7>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 18-JUN-64.
<8>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 1 - June, 1964. [Mapped feature: #12493 finds and occupation, ]