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HIGHBOROUGH HILL, EASTRY COURT andENVIRONS, EASTRY, KENT
ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS FROM THEARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION
Prepared on behalf of 
Videotext Communications Ltd.49 Goldhawk RoadLONDONW12 8PQ
 by
Wessex Archaeology
Report reference: 59462.01
December 2005
© Wessex Archaeology Limited 2005 all rights reserved Wessex Archaeology Limited is a Registered Charity No. 287786 
 
Contents
Summary Acknowledgements
1INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................11.1Project background...................................................................................11.2Site description...........................................................................................1
 Highborough Hill.........................................................................................1 Eastry Court and environs...........................................................................2
1.3Archaeological background......................................................................2
 Highborough Hill.........................................................................................2 Eastry Court and environs...........................................................................3
2METHODS...........................................................................................................42.1Introduction................................................................................................42.2Aims and objectives...................................................................................42.3Fieldwork....................................................................................................43RESULTS.............................................................................................................63.1Introduction................................................................................................63.2Geophysical survey....................................................................................6
 Resistance Survey - Eastry Court (Areas 1-4 and 6-7)................................6  Resistance Survey – Village environs (Recreation Ground; Area 5)...........6 Magnetic Survey – Highborough Hill (Area 8)...........................................7 
3.3Archaeological evaluation.........................................................................7
 Highborough Hill (Trenches 1-4)................................................................7  Eastry Court (Trenches 6, 7, 13 and 15)....................................................10Village environs: Recreation ground (Trenches 8, 12 and 14).................11Village environs: High Street (Trenches 5 and 9-11)................................11
3.4Fieldwalking and metal-detector survey................................................124FINDS.................................................................................................................124.2Pottery.......................................................................................................134.3Ceramic Building Material.....................................................................144.4Fired Clay.................................................................................................144.5Worked Flint............................................................................................144.6Burnt Flint................................................................................................154.7Glass..........................................................................................................154.8Metalwork.................................................................................................154.9Other Finds...............................................................................................174.10Animal Bone.............................................................................................174.11Charred Plant Remains and Charcoals.................................................175DISCUSSION.....................................................................................................196RECOMMENDATIONS..................................................................................207ARCHIVE..........................................................................................................21Appendix 1
: Trench Summariesi
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