Monument record TR 36 SW 470 - Early Bronze Age Barrow 3 - Cliffsend Farm, Ramsgate, Thanet
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3477 6431 (28m by 17m) (7 map features) |
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Map sheet | TR36SW |
County | KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
Civil Parish | CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Barrow three lay to the north of and almost adjacent to barrow 2, the edges of the ditches of the two barrows being separated by no more than 1.5m. only the southern half of the barrow lay within the limits of the excavation, and this portion had been much disturbed by later features so the form and the dimensions are uncertain, although the barrow appears to have been similar to barrow with a single ditch open on the eastern side. The ditch was flat bottomed between 0.6 and 0.8m wide at the base, approximately 1.3m wide at the top and between 0.72 and 0.82m in depth. No ceramics were recovered from the fills and only a small quantity of struck flint. Towards the western limits of excavation, a series of intercutting ditches, pits and other features lay were the ditch for barrow 3 would be expected. If the ditch represents the western side, the barrow has an external diameter of 27.5m. at the approximate centre was a sub rectangular pit, probably a grave, aligned south-west to north-east. The cut measured 1.65m by 1.1m with a maximum surviving depth of 0.15m an irregularity at the eastern corner may have been the remains of a post hole similar to those discovered in barrow 2. The only find was a chisel arrowhead which was quite worn, suggesting that it may have been of some age when it was interred. (information summarised from sources) (1-4)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE13692.
<2> Jacqueline I. McKinley, Jörn Schuster and Andrew Millard, 2013, Dead-sea connections: A Bronze Age and Iron Age ritual site on the Isle of Thanet (Bibliographic reference). SKE24068.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2014, Cliffs End Farm, Isle of Thanet, Kent: a mortuary and ritual site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon period (Bibliographic reference). SKE30562.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: archaeological evaluation report (Unpublished document). SKE30563.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1>XY SKE13692 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report. [Mapped feature: #123968 barrow, ]
- <2> SKE24068 Bibliographic reference: Jacqueline I. McKinley, Jörn Schuster and Andrew Millard. 2013. Dead-sea connections: A Bronze Age and Iron Age ritual site on the Isle of Thanet.
- <3> SKE30562 Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2014. Cliffs End Farm, Isle of Thanet, Kent: a mortuary and ritual site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon period.
- <4> SKE30563 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2004. Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: archaeological evaluation report.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event Boundary: Archaeological evaluation at Cliffs End Farm, Thanet, 2004 (EKE13915)
- Intrusive Event: Excavation at Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate (Ref: 56950.04) (EKE23067)
- Event Boundary: Excavation at Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, 2004-5 (Ref: 56950.04) (EKE9955)
Record last edited
Apr 22 2024 4:38PM