| Title: |
Ellington School, Pysons Road, Ramsgate, Kent. Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
51 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken ahead of building construction works at a school. Thirty-one machine excavated trial trenches were located within the development area. Twenty trenches were found to contain archaeological features which included pits, post holes, ditches and a single cremation burial. The majority of the features probably dated to the later Bronze Age or earlier Iron Age periods, although pottery and flint work recovered from a number of deposits suggested earlier Neolithic activity or occupation in the area. The distribution of the features suggested two main areas of activity, the northern end of the access road and a larger area encompassing the central part of the building footprint and the southern end of the access road. Two ditches were identified at the southern limit of Area CD which probably represented the south-western limit of the activity in this area. The majority of the flint work recovered was in a fresh, unpatinated condition and contained several cores and core fragments suggesting that flint working and possibly extraction was taking place, if not within the development area then very nearby. The results of the environmental sampling suggested that plant remains in the form of cereal grains, and more importantly cereal chaff, were well preserved on the site, and therefore the potential existed to provide data on prehistoric crop production and environment. The remains may also have been suitable for radiocarbon dating. Levels taken on the site suggested that any development of the site would at best severely truncate, and more probably completely remove, the archaeological resource. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Damien C Boden
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| Publisher: |
Canterbury Archaeological Trust
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| Year of Publication: |
2005
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Ellington School Pysons Road Ramsgate Kent |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Earlier Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Earlier Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2005
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: ELLINGTON SCHOOL, PYSONS ROAD, RAMSGATE
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Thanet
Monument: [finds]. Prehistoric, PIT. Prehistoric, [finds]. Late Bronze Age, DITCH. Prehistoric, FLINT SCATTER. Prehistoric, [finds]. Early Neolithic, POST HOLE. Prehistoric, CREMATION. Prehistoric, [finds]. Early Iron Age
Ngr: TR37706660
Parish: Ramsgate
Postcode:
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
