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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 36 NW 382
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Iron Age pit, Laundry Road, Minster parish

Summary

A pit containing a rim sherd of flint gritted pottery, was found during excavations at Laundry Road in 1995. The pottery sherds were of early to mid Iron Age date. Waste flint flakes and animal teeth were also found within the fill of the pit. A single subcircular ditch enclosure with features was also investigated (see TR 36 NW 177) and at least one early medieval burial was found in clsoe proximity (see TR 36 NW 383).

Grid Reference:	TR 3268 6558
Map Sheet:	TR36NW
Parish:	MINSTER, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

PIT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC? to 101 BC? (at some time))

Associated Finds

MAMMAL REMAINS (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC? to 101 BC?)
POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC? to 101 BC?)

Full description

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Evaluation trenching Laundry Rd. Minster, 1995. Excavation of a single subcircular ditch enclosure with features (TR 36 NW 177) . Also found close to the site were, to the south, at least one early medieval burial (TR 36 NW 383) and, to the north, a pit containing a rim sherd of flint gritted pottery, of early to mid iron age date, waste flakes and animal teeth.(1)

Additional Info (2-3).

<1> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1995, Archaeological Evaluation at Laundry Road, Minster, Isle of Thanet (Unpublished document). SKE11883.

<2> David McLeod/1986-7/RCHME Air Photo Unit Survey of Kent (OS Card Reference). SKE39678.

<3> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SKE11867.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1995. Archaeological Evaluation at Laundry Road, Minster, Isle of Thanet.
<2>	OS Card Reference: David McLeod/1986-7/RCHME Air Photo Unit Survey of Kent.
<3>	Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1991. Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications.