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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 179
Type of record:Monument
Name:Undated pits, Hawkinge

Summary

Poss Iron Age site.


Grid Reference:TR 239 396
Map Sheet:TR23NW
Parish:HAWKINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PIT (PIT, Unknown date)

Full description

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Trial trenching located a small group of heavily-truncated pits, 1 contained Iron Age and Belgic pottery, c.600-300BC and AD 0-75. Ploughing has probably removed much of the evidence and it is likely that a small occuaption site is represented, possibly situated on the higher ground to the SW. (1)


<1> CAT Annual Report, 1990-1. (OS Card Reference). SKE38714.

<2> Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: CAT Annual Report, 1990-1..
<2>Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.