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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 NE 20 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Iron Age occupation site, Crundale |
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Summary
The traces of an early Iron Age occupation site have been discovered on the chalk downs near Crundale. A lynchet earthwork and Hallstatt type pottery sherds have been found in an area almost certainly to the north end of the summit ridge of Trimworth Downs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 074 491 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04NE |
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| Parish: | CRUNDALE, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- LYNCHET (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 BC)
- SETTLEMENT? (Iron Age - 800 BC (at some time) to 42 AD (at some time))
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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Traces of Early Iron Age occupation on the chalk downs near Crundale (earthworks and Hallstatt pottery) are reported by Christopher Nolan. (1) No definite information was gained on this site but the area referred to is almost certainly the N end of the summit ridge of Trimworth Downs (TR 074491) where IA potsherds have been found (see TR 04 NE 21) The only earthwork apparent is a solitary lynchet. (2)
<1> Arch of Kent 1930 149 133 253 (RF Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36885.
<2> F1 CFW 21-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42691.
<3> Field report for monument TR 04 NE 20 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5134.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch of Kent 1930 149 133 253 (RF Jessup). [Mapped feature: #38826 occupation, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 21-MAY-1963. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NE 20 - May, 1963. |
