Exploring Kent's Past

It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

Summary

The remains of a Late Bronze Age settlement, represented by pits, post holes and ditches, recorded during excavation work in association with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 1998.

Monument Types

• DITCH (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• PIT CLUSTER (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• POST HOLE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• UNENCLOSED SETTLEMENT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

• BRIQUETAGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• BURNT FLINT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• FLAKE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC? to 701 BC?)
• LOOMWEIGHT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• PESTLE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

Evidence for a late Bronze Age settlement comprising a concentration of pits, postholes and ditches. These features contained pottery identified as Late Bronze Age as well as less precisely datable perforated clay slabs, loom weights, burnt and struck flint. One small pit [137] contained a large assemblage of many joining sherds and partially complete vessels. Only the bases of the pits and post holes had survived subsequent medieval or post medieval ploughing. Among pottery of middle or late Bronze Age date were fragments of briquetage possibly for boiling brine and perforated clay slabs possibly connected with cooking. A single, very hard fine grained laminated piece of sandstone may have been used in food preparation as a pestle. Loom weight fragments indicate weaving activity. This settlement area appears to be roughly defined to the north by a middle Bronze Age ditch and possible road (TQ 67 NW 383). However cutting through this ditch and road feture was a further ditch containing late Bronze Age pottery. (1-10)

CgMs Consulting, May 2004, Archaeological Desk Based Assesment of Land at Stuart Road, Gravesend, Kent (Unpublished document). SWX12856.

<1> CgMs Consulting, May 2004, Archaeological Desk Based Assesment of Land at Stuart Road, Gravesend, Kent (Unpublished document). SWX12856.

<2> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Radiocarbon dates from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16490.

<3> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The Later Prehistoric Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE16486.

<4> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Radiocarbon dates from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16490.

<5> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2005, The Early Prehistoric Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE16485.

<6> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Prehistoric Worked Flint from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16489.

<7> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1997, Cobham Park Golf Course, Cobham, Kent Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE7066.

<8> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Prehistoric Worked Flint from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Unpublished document). SKE16596.

<9> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The Later Prehistoric Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE16486.

<10> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The prehistoric and post-medieval landscapes at Cobham Golf Course, Cobham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17912.

Sources and further reading