Ditch profile

Ditch profile

A digger records the unusual profile of this ditch.

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Metalled surface

Metalled surface

Exposing a metalled surface. This is a cobbled surface which has been flattened down, usually to make a...

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Recording a ditch

Recording a ditch

A Roman ditch cuts through the earlier metalled surface.

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Metal detecting

Metal detecting

Metal detectors check that we have not missed any interesting finds during our excavations.

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Hands-on finds

Hands-on finds

Simon Mason of Kent County Council was on site to show people the range of finds that archaeologists discover.

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Site tour

Site tour

Guided tours of two of the site on the road scheme were provided.

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Finds sorting

Finds sorting

Hands-on activities included finds sorting.

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Baking heat

Baking heat

Despite the scorching temperatures and blazing sun, people were very interested to get on site and see the archaeology close up.

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Tour group

Tour group

Our archaeologists volunteered their time to show groups around the site.

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Cliffsend excavation

Cliffsend excavation

People were free to follow the walkways around site and look at the archaeology near Cliffsend.

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Barrow

Barrow

The size of the barrow is only apparent when you get up close.

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Happy tour group

Happy tour group

If you would like information on upcoming events please visit our website: eastkent.owarch.co.uk/ events/

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Guided tour

Guided tour

The guides had images of the archaeological to show how the features looked during excavation.

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Iron age sunken building

Iron age sunken building

The tours stopped at the Iron Age sunken building - a structure that is very unusual from this period.

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Neolithic pottery

Neolithic pottery

This Peterborough Ware dates to the middle Neolithic (3300-2900 BC).

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Uploaded on May 24, 2010

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Pottery and fish bones

Pottery and fish bones

Assemblages of finds can tell us much more about the use of the site than isolated finds. This is why we...

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Uploaded on May 24, 2010

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Animal bone

Animal bone

Animal bones recovered from rubbish pits tell us what people were eating and can even show the butchery techniques used.

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Uploaded on May 24, 2010

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Roman beaker

Roman beaker

This indented beaker is 'rough cast'. This simply refers to the speckled appearance, achieved by throwing...

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Uploaded on May 24, 2010

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