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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1981 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age pottery Findspot, Grand Shaft Barracks, Western Heights, Dover |
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Summary
During an archaeological watching brief undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust at The Grand Shaft Barracks in 2017 a large piece of Bronze Age pottery was uncovered. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3159 4095 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- BASE SHERD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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During an archaeological watching brief undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust at The Grand Shaft Barracks in 2017 a large piece of Bronze Age pottery was uncovered. This was the earliest piece of pottery uncovered during the evaluation and was located within an early clay dump during the excavtion of trench 6B. The sherd was a largish base fragment of oxidised brown, sparsley flint tempered ware. (1)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2018, Grand Shaft Barracks, Western Heights, Dover, Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE51431.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2018. Grand Shaft Barracks, Western Heights, Dover, Evaluation Report. [Mapped feature: #92021 Bronze Age pottery Findspot, ] |
