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Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Smarden, Kent, 2008 |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
This report presents the results of a programme of archaeological excavation of 10 1m2 'test pits' in the small Kent town of Smarden, carried out in autumn 2008. The programme was funded by the Smarden Local History Society with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund. Over two days, more than 100 people form the local area took part in the excavations. The results provided new evidence for the development of the area now occupied by the town from the 12th century AD onwards. No evidence of activity of prehistoric or Roman date was identified, with the earliest datable material derived from the 12th century. By the mid-14th century the settlement had developed into a small town, by which time it had probably acquired a planned layout including a formal market. The town flourished, seemingly little affected by the later medieval economic and demographic recession, and is today a vibrant community with a significant number of medieval houses still upstanding. An assemblage of medieval and later coins found in the centre of the settlement appears to be of recent origin, and may not originally derive from Smarden. |
Author: |
Carenza Lewis
C Ranson
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Publisher: |
Access Cambridge Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
Smarden |
Parish: |
SMARDEN |
District: |
Ashford |
County: |
Kent |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Kent |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Smarden |
Grid Reference: 588000, 142300 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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COIN
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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COIN
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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POT
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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POT
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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LAYER
(Monument Type England)
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20TH CENTURY
(Historic England Periods)
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LAYER
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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LAYER
(Monument Type England)
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12th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Mid14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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TEST PIT
(Event)
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12th Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: |
accessca1-158483 |
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A4, plastic comb bound, 63 pages
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |