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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 NW 206 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Neolithic pit or ditch, Shottenden Hill, Perry Wood |
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Summary
An Early Neolithic feature, cut by the ditch of the earthwork on Shottenden Hill in Perry Wood.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0420 5544 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05NW |
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| Parish: | SELLING, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PIT? (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
Full description
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In 2011-12 the Perry Wood archaeology project excavated a number of trenches across the earthwork on Shottenden Hill. In the northeast corner of the enclosure the backfilled ditch was excavated and found to have cut an earlier feature. This contained fresh sherds of Early Neolithic pottery. (1)
<1> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2013, The Perry Wood Archaeology Project: 2012 Excavations Summary Report (Unpublished document). SKE18310.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 2013. The Perry Wood Archaeology Project: 2012 Excavations Summary Report. |
