Monument record TR 26 NE 56 - Cropmark features, Minster parish

Summary

A number of cropmark features were previously identified in fields in the east of Minster parish. These were recorded from aerial photgraphs taken in 1979 and included a round cornered rectilinear enclosure, several ring ditches, a number of linear cropmarks and an oval shaped pit. The date of these features is uncertain: they may possibly be associated with anglo saxon cemetery to the north east near Monkton (see TR 26 NE 13). A rectilinear enclosure of Later Prehistoric date was seen as a cropmark and was mapped from Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 and mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 2972 6523 (117m by 50m) FCE
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish MINSTER, THANET, KENT

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Round cornered rectilinear enclosure at TR 29766525, ring ditch at 29836525, rectilinear features at TR 29556523, 29636522, area feature and linear feature at TR 29616528, oval pit at TR 29686516. (1)

A rectilinear enclosure of Later Prehistoric date (described above at at TR 29766524,) was seen as a cropmark and was mapped from Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 and mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. The enclosure measures 45.5m W-E x 39.6m N-S The southern side is straight with a thinner straight inner ditch. The northern side is convex with curved NW and NE corners. The SW and SE corners are slightly curved. There appears to be an entrance in the eastern side defined by a slight inturning of the enclosure ditch.
A large ring ditch lies 29m to the east. This is now described separately in MKE 126146. Linear ditches to the west of the rectilinear enclosure appear to be continuous with features to the north and have been in cluded in TR 26 NE 55. (2)


<1> AP (NMR 2965/1; 16.07.79) (OS Card Reference). SKE33516.

<2> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 (Archive). SKE57110.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: AP (NMR 2965/1; 16.07.79). [Mapped feature: #49275 Cropmark, ]
  • <2> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Kent Mapping Project (EKE20439)

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 4:16PM