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Monument details

Summary

Romano-British settlement evidence was discovered during a watching brief in 1993/4. The evidence consisted of pits, ditches and a small cremation group comprised of four cremation vessels. Some evidence for inhumations was also recorded.

Monument Types

• CREMATION CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD? (at some time))
• DITCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD? (at some time))
• PIT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD? (at some time))
• ENCLOSURE (Roman - 70 AD to 175 AD)

Associated Finds

• CINERARY VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• SHERD (Roman - 70 AD to 175 AD)

Full description

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Romano-British settlement evidence was discovered, consisting of pits (some very large), ditches and a small cremation group (comprising four vessels). Some evidence for inhumations was also recorded. A stream bed was identified, running SE across the site. The features were recorded during a Trust for Thanet Archaeology watching brief in 1993-4. This summary was taken from a later watching brief KCC Heritage 2005/193. See also Thanet Reach Business park Development: Archaeological Implications, Desk Based Assessment. (1)

A summary report from the 1993 work records an enclosure ditch and Romano-British pottery from AD 70-175. Possible building remains were found and it was suggested that buildings had stood in the area and that the site was therefore a small village or farmstead. (2)

<1> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1995, Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study (Unpublished document). SWX7097.

<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1993, An Archaeological Watching Brief over Housing Estate Construction at Pullman Close: First Progress Report to 26th. November 1993 (Unpublished document). SKE17577.

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