Title: |
An Archaeological Watching Brief at land at Watchester Lane, Minster, Thanet, Kent |
Series: |
Archaeology South East unpublished report series
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken at Land at Watchester Lane, Minster, Thanet, Kent. The work was undertaken between the 15th October 2007 and the 18th October 2007 for 4Delivery on behalf of Southern Water. The archaeological watching brief was carried out following a geoarchaeological assessment of core material and borehole logs undertaken by Chris Pine on behalf of Archaeology South East (ASE). The results of the geoarchaeological assessment indicated the possibility that a buried Holocene land surface is preserved beneath the marsh surface at a depth of c.2.00m. The results have been fully documented in a separate report (Bates and Pine 2008) detailing the significance of the site in connection with its location on the edge of the former Wantsum Channel. A benchmark of a value of 3.03m is shown on site plans to the immediate north of the area investigated. The watching brief comprised the excavation of two trial pits, measuring 0.50m by 0.40m and 0.40m by 0.30m excavated to a depth of 1.00m and 1.10 below the ground surface. No archaeological deposits or features were observed and no archaeological artefacts were recovered. However, the monitored areas were very small and restricted and cannot be taken as clear evidence of the absence of archaeological remains elsewhere in the immediate and wider vicinity |
Author: |
M Collings
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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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Locations: |
Site: |
Watchester Lane, Minster, Thanet, Kent |
Parish: |
MINSTER |
District: |
Thanet |
County: |
Kent |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Watchester Lane Minster Thanet Kent |
Grid Reference: 630655, 164195 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
(Find)
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UNCERTAIN
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NONE
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15th October 2007 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Holocene (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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TEST PIT
(Event)
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AUGER SURVEY
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
archaeol6-49248 |
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Note: |
A grey literature report comprising of an abstract, introduction, background, methodology, results, discussion and conclusions.
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |