Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

During the East Kent Access Route excavations (2009-2011) three late Saxon pits were discovered, the only certain late Saxon features along the entire route. The pits contained a range of finds including pottery, marine shell, animal bone, an iron knife and a fragment of lava quern. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on avilable information)

Monument Types

• PIT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD? to 1299 AD?)

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
• KNIFE (Unknown date)
• QUERN (Unknown date)
• POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 850 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Full description

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During the East Kent Access Route excavations (2009-2011) three late Saxon pits were discovered, the only certain late Saxon features along the entire route.one is of a possible medieval date. The pits contained a range of finds including pottery, marine shell, animal bone, an iron knife and a fragment of lava quern. (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Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1 (Unpublished document).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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