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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 NW 242 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | 5 Iron Age bloomeries, Ulcombe |
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Summary
5 Iron Age bloomeries, Ulcombe
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8385 4668 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84NW |
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| Parish: | ULCOMBE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BLOOMERY (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
- POST HOLE (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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3m x 3m excavation by Smarden Local History Society on a circular patch of dark soil. 5 Iron Age bloomeries were discovered. The largest measured 1.25m in diameter, and contained 0.4m of iron slag and charcoal. 3 smaller bloomeries were situated in the NW edge of the first bloomery (presumable after the first was had gone out of use), with a fifth small bloomery located a little way to the west. A posthole was found to the east of the first bloomery. Late Iron Age pottery was found in the upper fills. (1)
<1> Neil Aldridge, 2009, Letter from Neil Aldridge with details of sites from the Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group (Unpublished document). SKE16635.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Neil Aldridge. 2009. Letter from Neil Aldridge with details of sites from the Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group. |
