Monument record TR 26 NE 54 - Ring ditch cropmarks, Monkton parish

Summary

Two ring ditch cropmarks were previously identified in fields to the north of the A299 between Monkton and Mount Pleasant. These features were sighted in aerial photographs taken in 1985, and appear as a large double ring ditch and a small single ring ditch. A possible association with a barrow cemetery 1km to the east near Monkton is possible (see TR 26 NE 17).

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Grid reference TR 2979 6577 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish MINSTER, THANET, KENT

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Large double ring ditch and a small single ring ditch, related to TR 26 NE 17? (1)

Geophysical survey undertaken in 1992 (2).

The cropmark remains of two adjacent ring ditches, the remains of probable Bronze Age round barrows seen on aerial photographs and mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. Both barrows have now been recorded separately as child records to this parent record. (1-2)


<1> AP (NMR TR 2965/19/3152; 01-08-85) (OS Card Reference). SKE33675.

<2> Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H., 1992, Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey (Unpublished document). SWX6777.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 05-MAY-2018 (Archive). SKE57110.

<4> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 (Archive). SKE57110.

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  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 2965/19/3152; 01-08-85). [Mapped feature: #49253 ring ditch cropmark, ]
  • <2> Unpublished document: Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H.. 1992. Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey.
  • <3> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 05-MAY-2018.
  • <4> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015.

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Geophysical Survey for Proposed Improvements to A253, Minster and Monkton, Thanet (EKE8120)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Kent Mapping Project (EKE20439)

Record last edited

Jan 14 2025 2:35PM