Monument record TR 26 NE 60 - Ring ditch cropmark, Monkton

Summary

A single ring ditch cropmark visble on aerial photographs is located in fields to the north of Monkton. There are a number of Similar ring ditches to the immediate west. These have been tentatively identified as the remains of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery. This particular feature is smaller: it is uncertain whether this would seem to indicate that it belongs to the group of Bronze Age barrows or is in fact a later Anglo-Saxon example.

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Grid reference Centred TR 2935 6582 (17m by 17m)
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish MONKTON, THANET, KENT

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Small ring ditch similar to those at TR 26 NE 17, so possibly Anglo-Saxon. (1-2)

A single ring ditch seen as a cropmark on aerial photographs: Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 which has been mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. This is one of a number of similar ring ditches located in fields to the north of Monkton, the main group is located to the west. This particular ring ditch is 16.8m in diameter, smaller than the adjacent sites, possibly suggesting that it is the remains of a later Anglo-Saxon barrow.


<1> AP (NMR TR 2965/18; 01.08.85) (OS Card Reference). SKE33674.

<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SKE11867.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 (Archive). SKE57110.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 2965/18; 01.08.85).
  • <2> Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1991. Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications.
  • <3> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015.

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

Record last edited

Jan 13 2025 2:36PM