Monument record TR 36 NE 2731 - Bronze Age Barrow and Beaker Burial, St Peters rubbish tip, Margate

little can be said in relation to the St Peter’s site due to the fact that, despite only being excavated in 1969, the archive has been lost. A complete Beaker (East Anglian Beaker) was recovered from a flat grave that predated the ring ditch and possible barrow. This was based on the grave having been truncated by a ring ditch – suggesting that it had been built later and was not intended to mark the Beaker grave. Sherds of a second Beaker, made of a ‘grey-ware’ fabric, were found in a non-funerary context (Fig 5.33) found with the skeleton, there were sherds from a second Beaker. These have been tentatively identified as All Over Corded (AOC) more commonly found in Wessex and the north of Britain (Gibson & Woods 1997, 16) but rare for Kent and unprecedented at the time of discovery. It is significant for being one of the earliest European Beaker forms. (1)

<1> BSPAS 1973, Archaeological Discoveries in Broadstairs & St Peters to 1972, 14-15, 1973, 13 (OS Card Reference). SKE38399.