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COCKREED LANE, NEW ROMNEY, KENT Geoarchaeological Deposit Model Report |
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Quaternary Scientific (Quest) unpublished report series
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An environmental archaeological assessment was carried out subsequent to geoarchaeological investigations at the Cockreed Lane site in order to investigate the age of the peat horizon, and its relationship with the peat recorded in the wider area of Romney Marsh, and to provide a provisional reconstruction of the environmental history of the site. The results of the previous geoarchaeological investigations revealed that the sequence at the site consists of predominantly sandy Tidal Flat Deposits to a level of between -1.95 and -0.6m OD, overlain by generally silty and clayey Alluvium, possibly related to salt-marsh formation, to a level of between ca. 1.8 and 2.9m OD. A thin horizon of peat that began accumulating during the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age (2760 to 2870 cal BP) was recorded, generally at elevations between 0.0 and 0.5m OD, and present in thicknesses of between 0.05 and 0.2m across the site. These results are consistent in terms of both age and elevation with investigations by Long et al. (2006), who show peat horizons up to ca. 2m thick in the area of Romney Marsh, generally lying at between ca. -1 and 1m OD but relatively thin or absent towards New Romney. Elsewhere, where peat is recorded it is generally radiocarbon dated to between ca. 6000 and 1700 cal. BP, the lower sand units underlying the peat accumulating from ca. 7800 cal. BP onwards (Long et al., 2006). The palaeobotanical assessments of the peat are indicative of sedge fen and reed swamp communities during its accumulation, with relatively open environments on both the floodplain and dryland. No definitive anthropogenic indicators were recorded, although the open dryland environment is suggestive of a cleared landscape, consistent with the early Iron Age date of the sequence. No further environmental archaeological analysis of the peat was recorded on the basis of its relatively thin nature in comparison to peat horizons elsewhere in the area of Romney Marsh. |
Author: |
Daniel Young
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Publisher: |
Quaternary Scientific (Quest)
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Kent SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Cockreed Lane, New Romney |
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Kent |
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Folkestone and Hythe |
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ST MARY IN THE MARSH |
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England |
Grid Reference: 606600, 125640 (Easting, Northing)
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quaterna1-255721 |
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Quaternary Scientific (QUEST) Unpublished Report March 2016; Project Number 223/15 |
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Created Date: |
30 Apr 2020 |