Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

A curvilinear enclosure, visible as a cropmark in the 2009 Google Earth image, to the south of Margate. It was partially excavated in 2004 as part of evaluation trenching on land adjacent to Salmestone Grange.

Monument Types

• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

• BLADE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
• CORE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
• FLAKE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
• MULTIPLE PLATFORM CORE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
• RETOUCHED FLAKE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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A curvilinear enclosure, visible as a cropmark in the 2009 Google Earth image, to the south of Margate. Irregular enclosure(s) covering an area of c.25m square. (1)

It was partially excavated in 2004 as part of evaluation trenching on land adjacent to Salmestone Grange. Evidence of prehistoric activity in the form of worked flints was also recovered, including flakes, blades, retouched flakes, and a multi-platform flake core. (2)

<1> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<2> Oxford Archaeology, 2005, Land adjacent to Salmestone Grange, Nash Road, Margate, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE51994.

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