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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 SW 12 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Late Irona Age occupation site |
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Summary
C1st BC/C1st AD occupation site
| Grid Reference: | TR 3477 5156 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CESS PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (SETTLEMENT, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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An area of hearths, at a depth of 4-4.5ft was uncovered in 1939, during the "excavation of a cesspit for a new house on the slope above the road leading to Great Mongeham Church, about 90 feet O.D., E by SE of it and S of Swiss Cottage". Pre-Belgic and Belgic pottery of the C1st BC to C1st AD was found and Samian ware which indicated occupation in the late C1st AD. (1) Mr F.S Solley of St Martins, Northbourne Road, Mongeham, indicated the cesspit at TR 34775156. He stated that the pottery was retained by the late Mr Stebbing but it is not held by local museums and could not be traced. (2) additional reference (3)
<1> Arch. Cant. 51, 1939, 205-6 (W.P.D. Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE37017.
<2> F1 ASP 18-JUN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42167.
<3> Field report for monument TR 35 SW 12 - June, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6128.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. 51, 1939, 205-6 (W.P.D. Stebbing). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 18-JUN-64. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 35 SW 12 - June, 1964. |
