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Monument details

Summary

Little Woodbury type pit; Iron Age pottery. Excavated in 1938-9 by J.P.T. Burchell and listed by Radford. Discovered during chalk quarrying. Location accurate to 10m based on available information.

Monument Types

• PIT (pit and pottery finds, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

• POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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A pit at Gravesend, excavated 1938-9 by J.P.T. Burchell and listed by Radford as of Little Woodbury type (1), yielded Iron Age pottery. "... the fabric of some sherds, a hard grey ware with strongly polished black surface, is akin to that from some east Kentish sites. The percentage of combed wares is higher than usual in west Kentish sites where this form of decoration is poorly represented." (1-2) The pit, at TQ 620 737, was discovered during chalk quarrying. The finds are in the BM: the quarry is now disused (3). Additional bibliogrpahic references (4,5,6,7).

Location accurate to 10m based on available information.

<1> P.P.S. 20, 1954, 24 (C.A. Ralegh Radford) (OS Card Reference). SKE48455.

<2> Arch. 90, 1944, 171, 150 (J.B. Ward Perkins) (OS Card Reference). SKE36955.

<3> Inf. Major J.P.T. Burchell, Falcon Cottage, Fawke Common, Sevenoaks, Kent. (OS Card Reference). SKE44381.

<4> F1 ASP 24-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42268.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 10 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3636.

<6> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1995 Feb, South Thames-Side Development Route IV (Unpublished document). SWX6940.

<7> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1995 Feb, South Thames-Side Development Route IV (Unpublished document). SWX6940.

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