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An Archaeological Evaluation at St. Nicholas' School, New Romney, Kent |
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Archaeology South East unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Two trenches were excavated to a cumulative length of 29.42m in advance of the construction of a new single storey children's centre to assess the archaeological potential of the site. The site lies towards the northern extent of the archaeologically sensitive area associated with early medieval and medieval remains of New Romney, and features of early/mid 13th to early/mid 14th centuries date were found in both trenches at a depth of around 1m from the current surface. Within both trenches below the topsoil and subsoil a layer of dark brown colluvial material was observed with a high level of artefactual material dating to either 1225/50 - 1325/50 or 1325 - 1425 depending on the nature of intrusive or residual material in the assemblage. This layer was 0.56m thick to the east of the site and contained significantly larger amounts of bone, ceramic and iron artefacts than were observed in the central and southern area of the site where it was only 0.30m deep. This deposit was consistent with a medieval agricultural subsoil and formed a sealing layer below which a number of cut features representing refuse pits and postholes were identified and found to contain evidence of light industrial activity dating to between 1225 and 1350. A large amount of environmental and artefactual material was recovered from three soil samples from pits, and suggests that fish processing and repairs to boats were taking place on the site. |
Author: |
D Hopkinson
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Publisher: |
Archaeology South-East
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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: |
2008
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St. Nicholas' School, New Romney, Kent |
Parish: |
NEW ROMNEY |
District: |
Folkestone and Hythe |
County: |
Kent |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
St Nicholas School New Romney Kent |
Location - Auto Detected: |
New Romney |
Grid Reference: 606637, 125187 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
archaeol6-45676 |
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20 page A4 bound report with 7 figures on 4 pages
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |