Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Neolithic features and pottery, Waterbrook Farm, Sevington. In 1993 an excavation following the evaluation was undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust at Waterbrook Farm.

Monument Types

• PIT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

• VESSEL (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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In 1993 an excavation following the evaluation was undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust at Waterbrook Farm. A single feature, a small pit, was idetified as being prehistoric. In the backfill were pot sherds which were dated to the Neolithic. It was considered it may be a cremation but no burnt bone who seem unlikely. It may be a buried vessel. (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1992, Waterbrook Farm 1992 Archaeological Evaluation; Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKe6588.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1999, Waterbrook Farm, Ashford: Report on Evaluation Trenching in 1992, Report and Assessment of Excavations in 1993 (Unpublished document). SKE6589.

<3> The Ashford Great Park Partnership, 1993, Great Park Ashford, Development Brief Consultation Draft (Unpublished document). SKe6818.

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