Highstead

Highstead is a village near Chislet, off the A299 road, in the Canterbury District, in the English county of Kent. It is near the town of Herne Bay. Highstead is known for its iron-age pottery finds.[1][2]

This article is about the place in England. For the place in South Africa, see Highstead (Cape Town). For the place in the United States, see Highstead Foundation.
Approaching Highstead on Boyden Gate Hill

References
  1. Barry W. Cunliffe Iron Age Communities in Britain: An Account of England 2005 p 94 "The Highstead 2 group (Figures 5.3 and A:4) The Highstead 2 group, named after the extensively excavated type-site in north Kent, represents a distinctive assemblage of pottery found throughout Kent and into Surrey with comparable forms .."
  2. Paul Bennett, Peter Couldrey, Nigel Macpherson-Grant Highstead, NR Chislet, Kent, Excavations 1975-1977, 2007


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