Monument record TR 26 NE 245 - Square enclosure, Monkton

Summary

Square enclosure visible as cropmark on aerial photo of 1990. The cropmark remains of the large rectilinear enclosure thought to be Iron Age or Roman in date has been mapped from aerial photographs: Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 29940 65376 (124m by 137m)
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish MINSTER, THANET, KENT

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Full Description

Square enclosure situated between Hoo and A 253, Monkton, visible as cropmark on aerial photo of 1990.

66m across.(1)

The cropmark remains of the large rectilinear enclosure described above has been mapped from aerial photographs: Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. The enclosure is defined by a broad ditch with curved corners. The enclosure is not rectangular, possibly added to on the SW corner causing the ditch to step out southwards. The western side of the site is obscured by a modern agricultural pond and the course of a modern trackway N-S along the field boundary. Further ditches are visible to the east and north, one cutting through the northern ditch. To the west of the modern track are further enclosures, ditches and trackways (TR26NE55) visible as cropmarks, but it is not clear because of the interruption of in the cropmarks if these two sites are associated


<2> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 (Archive). SKE57110.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <2> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)

Record last edited

Jan 17 2025 5:20PM