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Monument details

Summary

Neolithic materials were found close to an ancient stream or tidal inlet near a late Bronze Age-Iron Age settlement site. The finds included pottery fragments of two bowls, polished axes, a leaf shaped arrowhead and scrapers. Recorded during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wesex Archaeology.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

• BOWL (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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Neolithic material from the old land surfaces on either side of the ancient stream or tidal inlet at the Late Bronze Age-Iron Age settlement site. Most of the neolithic material comes from the western bank, however fragments of one bowl were found on the eastern side. Finds include fragments of two bowls, a leaf-shaped arrowhead, parts of two polished axes and flakes and scrapers. (1,2,3). Additional bibliography (4-17). Further details and context of the site in the region's inter-tidal archaeology see (18). Photographs (19-28).

<1> F1 CFW 29-NOV-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42819.

<2> PPS 5 1939 252 (notes on excavations) (OS Card Reference). SKE48607.

<3> Arch Cant 71 1957 237 (M Blumstein) (OS Card Reference). SKE35494.

<4> Arch cant LI 1939 191-203 illus (P H G Powell-Cotton and F Pinfold) (OS Card Reference). SKE36364.

<5> PPS XX 1954 24 (C A Raleigh-Radford) (OS Card Reference). SKE48613.

<6> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<7> PPS IX 1943 28-47 plans illlust (F H Worsfold) (OS Card Reference). SKE48611.

<8> MS plan in possession of Miss Powell-Cotton Quex Park (OS Card Reference). SKE47464.

<9> Arch of Kent 1930 100 252 illus (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36863.

<10> SE England 1970 130-1 illus (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE49425.

<11> Ant J 4 1924 220-226 illus (O G S Crawford and P Powell-Cotton) (OS Card Reference). SKE33178.

<12> Arch Cant 84 1969 249-50 illus (N Macpherson-Grant) (OS Card Reference). SKE35787.

<13> Field report for monument TR 26 NE 2 - November, 1963, p 14-15 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5801.

<14> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Intertidal Zone Minnis Bay-Reculver (Unpublished document). SWX7082.

<15> Macpherson-grant, N., 1969, Two Neolithic bowls from Birchington, Thanet (Article in serial). SWX7501.

<16> Worsfold, F.H., 1943, A report on the Late Bronze Age site excavated at Minnis Bay, Birchingon, Kent 1938-40 (Article in serial). SWX7782.

<17> Powell-Cotton, P. H. G. and Crawford, O. G. H., 1924, The Birchington hoard (Article in serial). SWX7274.

<18> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<19> WATTLE FLOORING OR WALLING (Photograph). SKE1371.

<20> PART OF BICHINGTON FROM THE AIR AT HIGH TIDE. (Photograph). SKE1373.

<21> PLAN OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT Types: X (Photograph). SKE1375.

<22> CROSS-SECTION LATE BRONZE AGE SITE, MINNIS BAY (Photograph). SKE1376.

<23> WATTLE FLOORING SHOWING SUPPORTING TIMBERS. (Photograph). SKE1372.

<24> VIEW OF WORKINGS RUNNING PARALLEL WITH PLAYSTOL MEADOW MARKED MARKED 193A ON PLAN (Photograph). SKE1370.

<25> EXCAVATORS AT WORK ON THE SITE. (Photograph). SKE1369.

<26> SECTION OF TRENCH FROM WEST TO EAST ACCROSS THE SITE, ONE YARD NORTH OF DATUM LINE. (Photograph). SKE1368.

<27> PLAN OF PIT SITE , NO: 10. (Photograph). SKE1367.

<28> VIEW OF WORKINGS RUNNING PARALLEL WITH PLAYSTOL MEADOW MARKED 193A ON PLAN (Photograph). SKE1374.

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