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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SW 69
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman clay extraction pit, Damhead Creek, Kingsnorth, hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

Large feature interpreted as a clay extraction pit associated with the Upchurch Ware pottery industry. Identified during a 2001 investigation by Archaeology South East, and during a 2005 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 8129 7289
Map Sheet:TQ87SW
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

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This point is now a water and reed filled depression, which may be remains of the pit (1-2)


Archaeology South-East, 2001, An Archaeological Evaluation at Damhead Creek Power Station Habitat Exclusion Area, Kingsnorth, Kent (Unpublished document). Ske12300.

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2001, An Archaeological Evaluation at Damhead Creek Power Station Habitat Exclusion Area, Kingsnorth, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12300.

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2001. An Archaeological Evaluation at Damhead Creek Power Station Habitat Exclusion Area, Kingsnorth, Kent.
<1>Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2001. An Archaeological Evaluation at Damhead Creek Power Station Habitat Exclusion Area, Kingsnorth, Kent.
<1>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.
<2>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.