Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Excavation in 1988 in advance of Channel Tunnel terminal construction revealed a complex of intercutting pits and ditches of a mid 1st to mid 2nd century settlement. Some pits were used for grain storage and large quantities of pottery were found. The bed of the former stream on which the site stood also was excavated. Bronze age pottery was found. The stream was possibly diverted when medieval Peene was established

Monument Types

• SETTLEMENT (SETTLEMENT, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• DITCH (Roman - 50 AD? to 150 AD?)
• PIT (Roman - 50 AD? to 150 AD?)

Associated Finds

• POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Roman - 50 AD? to 150 AD?)

Full description

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Excavation in 1988 in advance of channel tunnel terminal construction revealed a complex of intercutting pits and ditches of a mid 1st to mid 2nd century settlement. Some pits were used for grain storage andlarge quantities of pottery were found. The bed of the former stream on which the site stood also was excavated. Bronze age pottery was found. The stream was possibly diverted when medieval Peene was established (1)

RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document). SKE6910.

RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document). SKe6910.

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1990, Canterbury's Archaeology 1988-1989, CAT Annual Review 1988-9 (Monograph). SKE6722.

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