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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 SW 345 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Iron Age drip gully and possible structure found during East Kent Access Route excavations |
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Summary
Iron Age drip gully and possible structure found during East Kent Access Route excavations.
| Grid Reference: | TR 6335 1625 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR61NW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GULLY (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 200 AD?)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC)? (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 200 AD?)
Associated Finds
Full description
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During the East Kent Access Route excavations (2009 - 2011) an iron age drip gully and second gully were found towards the southern end of zone 3.
The dip gully measured c. 6m in diameter and a was shallow (c. 0.12m).
The drip gully appears to be associated with other contemporary later Iron Age - early Roman features at the southern end of the Ebbsfleet Peninsula and suggests low level agricultural activity on the at this time. (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Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1 (Unpublished document).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.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2011. East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1. [Mapped feature: #114774 Drip gully, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: Andrews et al. 2015. Digging The Gateway: Archaeological Landscapes of South Thanet. The Archaeology of East Kent Access (Phase III) Vol 1: The sites. |
