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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 13 SE 20 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Iron Age and medieval sites |
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Summary
Iron Age and Medieval features and finds, possibly indicative of settlements situated close by.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1550 3495 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13SE |
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| Parish: | HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (DITCH, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- GRAVE (GRAVE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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TR 15503495. Iron Age and Medieval sites. St Nicholas, Hythe. Thesites 650m west of St Leonard's Parish Church was granted consent forresidential development in 1978. As it was close to the presumed siteof St Nicholas, a watching brief was carried out by the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit. Nothing was found of the church itself,or the wall of the graveyard, but an Iron Age ditch, several medieval features and a medieval grave were recorded. The Iron Age ditch (Ditch 1) traced for a minimum of twenty metres, had sloping side and a flat base. It contained daub, animal bones and sherds of Iron Age pottery dated to c.500-350 BC. This was sealed by a deposit containing daub, oyster shells, animal bones, iron nails and pottery sherds of Iron Age, Roman, and medieval date. This Iron Age feature suggests the presence of a settlement close by dating to c.500-350 BC. The Roman sherds are fairly inconclusive. The medieval features included a pit, containing no finds and a ditch with medieval pottery shereds (Ditch 2). This cut a general medieval deposit with pottery sherds of AD 1300 in date. The grave on an E-W axis contained the remains of an adult human with the skull at the west end, and the left arm across its chest. Four iron nails were found by the skull, and these suggest there may have been a wooden coffin. The medieval features probably relate to a small medieval settlement west of the church of St Nichaolas. The pottery dated to c. AD 1300 could be domestic rubbish from a building, of which no trace was found. (1)
<1> KAR 77 1984 150-155 (J Willson) (OS Card Reference). SKE45427.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: KAR 77 1984 150-155 (J Willson). [Mapped feature: #41917 Find, ] |
