Monument record TR 15 NE 152 - Ring ditch

Summary

Cropmarks of a ring ditch, with internal pits, visible within a larger area of cropmarking on 1980s oblique aerial photography.

Location

Grid reference Not displayed FCE
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Cropmarks of a single ring ditch are visible on 1960s and 1980s aerial photographs within a larger area of cropmark features (recorded as MWX43014).

An incomplete circuit of the ring ditch is visible on 1980s RCHME oblique aerial photographs [1], with the full circuit showing on 1960s OS vertical aerial photographs [2].
The ring ditch is 26m in diameter and there are cropmarks of irregular pit and scoop-like features in its interior. It is unclear if these features are contemporary or related to the ring ditch.

This may represent the remains of a ploughed out round barrow of Bronze Age date.
A further ring ditch of similar size lies 480m to the east within a dense area of cropmarked features of multiple dates (MWX43062).

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].


<1> NMR TR 1859/2 (28-05-80) (OS Card Reference). SKE47648.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: NMR TR 1859/2 (28-05-80).
  • <2> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <3>XY Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. [Mapped feature: #43478 cropmark, ]
  • <4> Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Kent Mapping Project (EKE20439)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Jan 4 2022 5:17PM