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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 65 SW 1 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Iron Age pottery; sarsen structure |
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Summary
Late 1st-early 2nd cent. pottery was found c.1956 around sarsens in a field at the rear of the 'Papermakers' public house, Plaxtol at TQ 60515336. Preliminary excavations by boys of Tonbridge School revealed a group of close-packed sarsens forming a quarter of a circle of a radius of about 10.0m running out into the field from a hedge, on a gentle east slope. Within, beneath 0.5m of topsoil, is a strata of close-packed rubble, possibly natural, which has been excavated to a depth of 1.0 m. The excavations are limited, but there is enough to show that the sarsens have been artificially placed in their present position. Sherds from the site were dated by the B.M. to Iron Age 'B'.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6050 5336 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ65SW |
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| Parish: | PLAXTOL, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Late 1st-early 2nd cent. pottery was found c.1956 around sarsens in a field at the rear of the 'Papermakers' public house, Plaxtol at TQ 60515336. Preliminary excavations by boys of Tonbridge School revealed a group of close-packed sarsens forming a quarter of a circle of a radius of about 10.0m running out into the field from a hedge, on a gentle east slope. Within, beneath 0.5m of topsoil, is a strata of close-packed rubble, possibly natural, which has been excavated to a depth of 1.0 m. The excavations are limited, but there is enough to show that the sarsens have been artificially placed in their present position. Sherds from the site were dated by the B.M. to Iron Age 'B'. The excavation has now been suspended, but the site remains open. Surveyed at 1/2500. (1) Iron Age Pottery found (NAT) (2)
<1> Kent Arch Soc Annual Report 1956 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE45882.
<2> Rev Wady Headmaster Tonbridge School (OS Card Reference). SKE49209.
<3> F1 CFW 21-JAN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42686.
<4> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 1 - January, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3443.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Soc Annual Report 1956 6. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Rev Wady Headmaster Tonbridge School. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 21-JAN-64. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1979. |
| <5>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 1 - January, 1964. [Mapped feature: #13711 find, ] |
