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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 406 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Late Bronze Age/early Iron Age postholes & pits, north of Canterbury Road West, Manston |
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Summary
Postholes and pits within a late Neolithic/early Bronze Age barrow (TR 36 NE 181). Removed from the fill of most of these features were pottery sherds (Bronze Age??). The discovery of flint nodules placed directly on individual pottery sherds indicated deliberate deposition.
| Grid Reference: | TR 35150 65220 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | MANSTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PIT (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC? (at some time))
- POST HOLE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC? (at some time))
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
Full description
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A series of postholes and pits across an earlier late Neolithic/early Bronze Age barrow (TR 36 NE 181). All but three contained pottery sherds. The sherds were lying flat on the bottom of the pits and each had a flint nodule resting upon it. Probably a deliberate deposition. (1)
<1> Perkins, D. R. J. & Gibson, A. M., 1991, A Beaker Burial From Manston, Near Ramsgate, Arch Cant 1990 p11-27 (Article in serial). SKE11884.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Perkins, D. R. J. & Gibson, A. M.. 1991. A Beaker Burial From Manston, Near Ramsgate. Vol CVIII Pages 11 - 27. Arch Cant 1990 p11-27. |
