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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 341 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Site of Romano-British building - Staner hill, Ramsgate |
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Summary
Romano-British pottery sherds and fragments of building materials found in 1988. It has been impled that the finds are evidence of a small Roman building. Evidence of Iron Age farming has also been suggested in the area.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3595 6595 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD? (at some time))
Associated Finds
Full description
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Thanet SMR 587. A scatter of RB sherds and fragments of building materials were found on the hilltop in 1988. Probably derives from plough damage to the remains of a small building. A ministry of agriculture inspector stated that deep soil samples taken on the hilltop revealed chalk nodules out of their geological setting, possibly evidence of IA farming. (1)
<1> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1994, A Desk-Based Assessment of the Archaeological Implications of a Proposed Development at Manston Road, Ramsgate (Unpublished document). SKE12032.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1994. A Desk-Based Assessment of the Archaeological Implications of a Proposed Development at Manston Road, Ramsgate. |
