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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 77 NE 39 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Bronze Age pit and ditch, High Halstow |
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Summary
A Bronze Age ditch and pit were found during excavations in High Halstow. The pottery assemblage removed from the fill of these features was dated to c.1500 - 1000 B.C. It was thought that the ditch was most likely some form of land boundary.
Grid Reference: | TQ 7842 7538 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ77NE |
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Parish: | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1000 BC)
- PIT (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1000 BC)
Full description
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Two trenches excavated , at High Halstow, shows archaeological features. Trench 4, fragments of pottery were found and are dated to 1500 - 1000 B.C. Trench 5 has a ditch and irregullar pit were found. The ditch may poss. be some form of land boundary. Pottery fragements, identical to those in trench 4, were also found in trench 5.(1) " Additional Bibliography ".(2, 3)
Medieval remains also reported but no further information.
Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, Archaeological excavation at High Halstow/Report 1997/85. (Unpublished document). SKE54706.
<1> Untitled Source, CAT Apr. 1997 / 69 (Unpublished document). SKE6451.
<2> Untitled Source, ArchaeoScape Consulting, May 1997 / 70 (Unpublished document). SKE6451.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | --- | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. Archaeological excavation at High Halstow/Report 1997/85.. |
<1> | Unpublished document: CAT Apr. 1997 / 69. |
<2> | Unpublished document: ArchaeoScape Consulting, May 1997 / 70. |