Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Excavations along the East Kent Access Route, at the southern end of the Ebbsfleet peninsula revealed Late Iron Age - Roman activity. This was limited to a pair of relatively large and somewhat irregular east-west ditches and three shallow linear ditches or gullies. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• DITCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 200 AD?)
• FIELD SYSTEM (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 200 AD)
• GULLY (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 200 AD)

Associated Finds

• ASSEMBLAGE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 100 AD)

Full description

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Excavations along the East Kent Access Route, at the southern end of the Ebbsfleet peninsula revealed Late Iron Age - Roman activity. This was limited to a pair of relatively large and somewhat irregular east-west ditches and some other slight features. The larger southern ditches were up to 2m across and approximately 0.7m deep. They would have surrounded the southern edge of what was probably a peninsula surrounded by water (except to the north). Further north on the peninsula Late Iron Age – Roman pottery was recorded in small quantities from a number of features though only three additional features have been assigned to this phase in this area. These comprise a three shallow linear ditches or gullies (possibly forming part of a field system). (information summarised from source) (1-2)

<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1 (Unpublished document). SKE29279.

<2> Andrews et al, 2015, Digging The Gateway: Archaeological Landscapes of South Thanet. The Archaeology of East Kent Access (Phase III) Vol 1: The sites (Monograph). SKE55517.

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