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Monument details

Summary

Two areas of neolithic subsoils and an assemblage of struck flints were found during the East Kent Access Route excavations. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• BURIED SOIL HORIZON? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

• ASSEMBLAGE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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Two discreet areas of subsoil filling shallow hollows in the natural were present towards the centre of the Zone, and consisted of fairly large (up to 25m by 25m) and slightly irregular deposits of pale brown clay. They contained a moderate number of struck flints in a fresh condition, most recovered from the surface of the deposits. The majority utilised Bullhead flint and exhibited technology consistent with an early Neolithic date, though one piece was more likely late Bronze Age. A further small patch of similar soil situated between the two areas was potentially of the same date. (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Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1 (Unpublished document).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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