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Fawkham and Ash Archaeological Group (FAAG)

The Discovery and excavation of a Late Iron-Age and Early Roman Farmstead at Viewpoint, Wellfield, Hartley, Kent 1975/76 and 1984 TQ6084/6842

Ditches G and J, and Pit H

Block 9

Ditch E
VP 19. Light brown loam, mostly chalk lumps,
    fill of flat U shaped Ditch E.
   In the face of service trench just west of corner
   of road No finds were found in this feature.

Ditch G
VP46. Dark brown loam, chalk lumps, fill of
   Ditch G in west face of excavation of area for
   Block 9. No finds were found in this feature.

Ditch J
VP50. Brown clay and chalk lumps, fill of Ditch
   J to north of Block 9 in service trenches.
   No. of sherds 2, weight 14 gm

VP52. Brown clay and chalk lumps, fill of Ditch
   J cut by service trench to the south of Block 9.
   No further finds were found in this feature.
Pit H
VP51. Black loam, upper fill of bee-hive shaped
   pit (H) to east of Block 9, cut by service trench.
   No. of sherds 139, weight 3,427 gm

VP53. Brown loam, many chalk specks and
   lumps. Pit H below VP51.
   No. of sherds 25, weight 842 gm

VP54. Black ash and burnt clay/daub, below
   VP53. Pit H.
   No. of sherds 6, weight 78 gm

VP55. Brown clay and light chalk rubble, below
    VP54. No. of sherds 8, weight 104 gm

Ditch G – Section 8

Ditch G – Section 8

Pit H

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