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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 95 SW 66 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Ditch containing Iron Age and possible Neolithic pottery east of Chapel Farm |
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Summary
An excavation by the Lenham Archaeological Society in 2005 found that a ditch identified by aerial photography and geophysics work contained Iron Age pottery. Chapel may have been located at the site.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 90460 50316 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ95SW |
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| Parish: | LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
Associated Finds
- POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- SLAG (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Iron age finds and enclosure and site of Royton Chapel |
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Full description
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An excavation by the Lenham Archaeological Society in 2005 found that a ditch identified by aerial photography and geophysics work contained iron age pottery, a possible sherd of neolithic pottery and iron stone. The excavators also suggest that the former Royton Chapel may have been located at the site. The ditch ran north-south and was c. 200 cm wide and 60 cm deep. The iron age pottery was found in association with iron slag and patches of charcoal. The sherd interpreted as neoltihic had a decorated rim and resembled Ebbsfleet ware.(1)
<1> Lenham Archaeological Society, 2006, Report on research in the vicinity of Lenham (Miscellaneous Material). SKE13570.
<2> Lenham Archaeological Society, 2018, Late Iron Age Settlement at Royton-Mountcastle, Lenham Heath, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE32557.
<3> Lenham Archaeological Society, 2018, Late Iron Age Settlement at Royton-Mountcastle, Lenham Heath, Kent, Archaeological survey and excavations (Unpublished document). SKE52887.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Lenham Archaeological Society. 2006. Report on research in the vicinity of Lenham. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Lenham Archaeological Society. 2018. Late Iron Age Settlement at Royton-Mountcastle, Lenham Heath, Kent. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Lenham Archaeological Society. 2018. Late Iron Age Settlement at Royton-Mountcastle, Lenham Heath, Kent, Archaeological survey and excavations. |
