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Site name Broadstairs and St Peter's 7, North Foreland Avenue, Thanet

Site number 908

Burial codes 4005 4009 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4071 4073 4075 4084 4093 4098 4103 4104 4105 4106 4108 4110 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181 3001 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3042 3046 3051 3065 3073 3084 3092 3098 3101 3111 3112 3128 3143 3152 3153 3181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow probably containing a central primary burial accompanied by a miniature Early Bronze Age collared urn. There were at least 5 secondary burials.

Grave 1 was 1m x 0.5m x 0.33m deep, oriented NS, the skeleton lying on its right side, crouched, head to N, probably an adult male c20-25.

Grave 3 was almost destroyed by Grave 2 [see 14/1300-8/700 bc]. It was c0.8m x 0.55m x 0.4m deep, oriented NS, roughly oval, and with a ledge c8cm wide by c10cm deep round the edge. The scanty remains of bone suggested the inhumation of a child c5-7.

Grave 4 was oriented NS and 0.45m x 0.4m deep (length unknown). The burial was probably of a female c30-35, head to S. The grave was cut transversely by the counterscarp of the circular ditch 0.8m from the head end.

Grave 5 was a small well cut oval depression in the surface of the natural chalk, outside and just north of the presumed line of the circular ditch, measuring 1m x 0.5m x 18cm deep. It was oriented EW and contained minute scraps of human bone, suggesting the grave of a very young child.

14/1300bc-8/700bc Grave 2 was a later insertion into the bowl barrow, 0.7m wide and 0.91m deep (length unknown), oriented NS, the skeleton of a (probable) adult male, head to S, on right side with legs flexed. The upper fill contained Early Iron Age potsherds of Marnian stylistic similarities, and the grave cut cut into Graves 1 and 3.

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County Kent

Region SE

National grid square TR

X coordinate 399

Y coordinate 692

Bibliographic source Perkins and Macpherson-Grant 1981, Grinsell 1992

Query

Site name	Broadstairs and St Peter's 7, North Foreland Avenue, Thanet
Site number	908
Burial codes	4005 4009 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4071 4073 4075 4084 4093 4098 4103 4104 4105 4106 4108 4110 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181 3001 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3042 3046 3051 3065 3073 3084 3092 3098 3101 3111 3112 3128 3143 3152 3153 3181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow probably containing a central primary burial accompanied by a miniature Early Bronze Age collared urn. There were at least 5 secondary burials. Grave 1 was 1m x 0.5m x 0.33m deep, oriented NS, the skeleton lying on its right side, crouched, head to N, probably an adult male c20-25. Grave 3 was almost destroyed by Grave 2 [see 14/1300-8/700 bc]. It was c0.8m x 0.55m x 0.4m deep, oriented NS, roughly oval, and with a ledge c8cm wide by c10cm deep round the edge. The scanty remains of bone suggested the inhumation of a child c5-7. Grave 4 was oriented NS and 0.45m x 0.4m deep (length unknown). The burial was probably of a female c30-35, head to S. The grave was cut transversely by the counterscarp of the circular ditch 0.8m from the head end. Grave 5 was a small well cut oval depression in the surface of the natural chalk, outside and just north of the presumed line of the circular ditch, measuring 1m x 0.5m x 18cm deep. It was oriented EW and contained minute scraps of human bone, suggesting the grave of a very young child.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	Grave 2 was a later insertion into the bowl barrow, 0.7m wide and 0.91m deep (length unknown), oriented NS, the skeleton of a (probable) adult male, head to S, on right side with legs flexed. The upper fill contained Early Iron Age potsherds of Marnian stylistic similarities, and the grave cut cut into Graves 1 and 3.
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	Kent
Region	SE
National grid square	TR
X coordinate	399
Y coordinate	692
Bibliographic source	Perkins and Macpherson-Grant 1981, Grinsell 1992