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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NE 86
Type of record:Monument
Name:Neolithic pit, Monkton

Summary

A pit containing Neolithic pottery was found during the construction of a gas pipeline to the north of Hoo, in 1984. The pit was found to contain shells, traces of charcoal, waste flakes, animal bone and pot sherds dating to the late Neolithic.

Grid Reference:TR 2963 6561
Map Sheet:TR26NE
Parish:MINSTER, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • PIT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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[TR 29636561 sited from plan] During construction of the Monkton gas pipeline at Hoo, in 1984, the pipe trench cut a pit of half round section containing shells, charcoal traces, waste flakes, animal bone and pot sherds in a late Neolithic fabric. The fill was of dark loam with chalk nodules. (1)

TR 298656. During work on the Monkton-Ramsgate gas pipe line a pit was encountered at this point in 1983, containing sherds of late Neolithic pottery. (2)

Additional Info. (3)


<1> Perkins, D. R. J., 1986, The Monkton Gas Pipeline: Phases III & IV 1983 - 84, Arch Cant 102 1985 45 55 57-8 illus (DRJ Perkins) (Article in serial). SKE11881.

<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive, 238 (Collection). SKE11846.

<3> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SKE11867.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Perkins, D. R. J.. 1986. The Monkton Gas Pipeline: Phases III & IV 1983 - 84. CII Pages 43 - 69. Arch Cant 102 1985 45 55 57-8 illus (DRJ Perkins).
<2>XYCollection: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1987. Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive. 238. [Mapped feature: #49606 pit, ]
<3>Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1991. Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications.