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Monument details

Summary

Late Iron Age or Anglo-Saxon ditches, pits and postholes (the latter two based on size) found close to site of walled Roman-British cemetery. Due to the nature of the pottery a clear date cannot be given yet. A pit found during a SEAS evaluation in 1996 was dated to the Early Saxon period (TQ 75 SE 130) but this too may be Late Iron Age. The truncated nature ofthe features prevents anything more being said about them other than they are evidence of some form of occupation.

Monument Types

• DITCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)
• PIT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)
• POST HOLE (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)
• DITCH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 450 AD? to 700 AD?)
• PIT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 450 AD? to 700 AD?)
• POST HOLE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 450 AD? to 700 AD?)

Associated Finds

• POT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)
• POT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 450 AD? to 700 AD?)

Full description

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Late Iron Age or Anlgo-Saxon ditches, pits and postholes (the latter two based on size) found close to site of walled Roman-British cemetery(TQ 75 SE 2). Due to the nature of the pottery a clear date cannot be given yet. A pit found during a SEAS evaluation in 1996 was dated to the Early Saxon period (TQ 75 SE 130) but this too may be Late Iron Age (1,2). The truncated nature of the features prevents anything more being said about them other than they are evidence of some form of occupation.(3)

[Due to the uncertainty surrounding the dating of the pottery found the monument has been recorded as being of both Late Iron Age and Early Saxon date.]

<1> South-Eastern Archaeological Services, 1996, Evaluation of land adjacent to Pested Bars Road, Boughton Monchelsea (Unpublished document). SKE7513.

<2> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1998, Land adjacent to Pested Bars Road, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone: An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE7512.

<3> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1998, Land adjacent to Pested Bars Road, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent: A Post-Excavation and Update Project Design (Unpublished document). SKE7521.

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