Monument record MKE126097 - A large double-ditched ring ditch north-east of Monkton
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3005 6574 (32m by 33m) |
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Map sheet | TR36NW |
County | KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
Civil Parish | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Full Description
A large double-ditched ring ditch, one of a group of six ring ditches likely to be the remains of Bronze Age round barrows visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs:Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 and mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs:Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007. This site appears as a large irregular sub-circular ring ditch with a diameter of 31.2m within which is a smaller irregular ring ditch with a narrower ditch with a diameter of 20m with a single large central pit, possibly the remains of a central burial. This barrow lies within the cropmark remains of a large Romano-British settlement recorded in TR36NW238, the ditch of one of the settlement enclosures cuts through both inner and outer circuits of the northern side of the barrow (1)
<1> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 (Archive). SKE57110.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE57110 Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007.
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Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)
Record last edited
Jan 14 2025 5:13PM