Monument record TR 25 NW 443 - An incomplete single ring ditch visible as a cropmark
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 2184 5865 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR25NW |
County | KENT |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | WICKHAMBREAUX, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Full Description
An incomplete single ring ditch visible as a cropmark centred at TR 2184 5866 with as approximate diameter of 24.2m. The southern part of the ditch circuit is less distinct due to the darker cropmark traces of deeper soil or alluvium.
This ring ditch is part of a collection of five probable Bronze Age barrows forming a linear cemetery running NE-SW alongside the Little Stour. It is possible that the barrow cemetery extends further to the north-east beneath Wickhambreaux village and south-west into adjacent fields. However the area to the south-west is cultivated with orchards and so traces of buried features are unidentifiable from aerial photography as with the village. As this site has been ploughed for a number of centuries all features appear to have been levelled. It is likely that very little of the barrow structures survive, though on the southern edge of the alignment deeper soil which appears to obscure parts of some of the ring ditches may have helped to preserve more of the buried remains. (1)
<1> English Heritage, 2009, Wickhambreaux, Kent: Ring Ditch Survey (Unpublished document). SKE16345.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE16345 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009. Wickhambreaux, Kent: Ring Ditch Survey.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Interpretation of cropmarks at Reynolds Place Farm (EKE10620)
Record last edited
Mar 21 2022 12:15PM