Grant, K. (2011). An Archaeological Evaluation at Spires Academy Bredlands Lane, Sturry Canterbury, Kent. Archaeology South-East. https://doi.org/10.5284/1057749. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An Archaeological Evaluation at Spires Academy Bredlands Lane, Sturry Canterbury, Kent
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Series:		 Archaeology South East unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Archaeology South East (ASE) conducted an archaeological evaluation at Spires Academy, Sturry, near Canterbury. The archaeological work was commissioned by Carillion and was carried out between 21st and 25th February 2011. The evaluation was carried out in advance of proposed redevelopment. Eighteen, thirty metre long trial trenches were excavated. Evaluation trenches 2-5, 8, 14 and 15 revealed various archaeological features including pits, postholes, stake-holes and ditches, but most features contained no clear dating evidence, however, two small pottery sherds of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age date were recovered from a feature Trench 3 and 1st century AD pottery was recovered from the topsoil in Trench 2. The other trenches were negative. The evaluation follows an archaeological watching brief on test-pit excavations carried out by ASE in 2010 which had identified two archaeological features containing single finds of Roman brick fragments. The natural geology, comprising varied brownish orange silty, gravelly clays, was encountered at approximately 36.3m AOD in the southwest of the site falling to 35.15m AOD in the southeast. All of the features were sealed by an intact layer of accumulated subsoil. With the exception of abundant land drains located across the site and the geotechnical text-pit excavations (carried out in October 2010) no modern intrusion or truncation of the subsoil was revealed within the trial-trenches. The evaluation and preceding watching brief have therefore highlighted that Roman and prehistoric archaeology exists on the site and that the pristine nature of the site suggests that any further potential archaeological features will be well preserved.
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Author:		 K Grant
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Publisher:		 Archaeology South-East
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2011
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Site: Spires Academy, Bredlands Lane
County: Kent
District: Canterbury
Parish: STURRY
Country: England
Grid Reference: 619717, 161709 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) STAKE-HOLES (Monus)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol6-101222
OBIB: ASE Report No. 2011113
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Created Date:		 13 Jan 2020