Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

An extensive Iron Age settlement was found during work on a water main to the east of Sarre. Over the course of the pipeline trench a shallow occupation layer, pits and ditches were discovered. One ditch to the east of the site was over 10m across and may have been a fosse, or defensive ditch. Pottery removed from the surface of the exposed features was dated to the early to mid-Iron Age period.

Monument Types

• DITCH (Early Iron Age - 800 BC? (at some time) to 401 BC? (at some time))
• PIT (Early Iron Age - 800 BC? (at some time) to 401 BC? (at some time))
• SETTLEMENT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 600 BC (at some time) to 400 BC? (at some time))

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Early Iron Age - 800 BC? to 401 BC?)
• POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 650 BC? to 350 BC)

Full description

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TR 265650. Iron Age settlement. During work on the Calcott to Manston water main an extensive Iron Age settlement site was found. The pipeline trench cut through a shallow occupation layer, pits and ditches for a length of about 500m. One ditch to the east of the sitebwas over 10m across and may have been a fosse. Pottery scraped from the surface of the exposed features belonged to the early to mid-Iron Age period (c.600-400 B.C.). (1-2)

<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 222 (OS Card Reference). SKE44603.

<2> Perkins, D. R. J., 1990, The Selling -Thanet Trunk Water Main, Phase II, 1987: An Interim Report (Article in serial). SKE11848.

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