TR 26 NE 62 - Various cropmark features, Birchington

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Monument record TR 26 NE 62 - Various cropmark features, Birchington

Summary

Curvilinear enclosure cropmark, ring ditch and linear features. Identified from aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TR 2785 6918 (26m by 29m)
Map sheet	TR26NE
County	KENT
District	THANET, KENT
Civil Parish	BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT

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Curvilinear enclosure? No entrance apparent. (1) RCHME AP shows single-ditched, ring ditch, with adjacent slit trench. Thanet cropmark plot shows an additional ring ditch and linear features joining the 2 up. (2) Photographs (3-20)

Cropmarks of a large single ring ditch with a diameter of 27m, probably the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow visible on aerial photographs -Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021- and mapped as part of the Historic England Isle of Thanet project in 2024. The western side of the ring ditch coincides with the course of a length of N-S aligned WW2 anti-landing obstruction ditch, one of a series constructed across this strip of land between Birchington and Plumbpudding Island (21).

<1> AP (CUC CJD 29, 32-33; 10.07.79) (OS Card Reference). SKE33476.

<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.

<3> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10669.

<4> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11699.

<5> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11703.

<6> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11705.

<7> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11704.

<8> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10671.

<9> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10669.

<10> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11700.

<11> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11701.

<12> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10671.

<13> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11699.

<14> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11700.

<15> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11701.

<16> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11702.

<17> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11703.

<18> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11704.

<19> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11705.

<20> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11702.

<21> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021 (Archive). SKE57110.

Sources/Archives (21)

<1> SKE33476 OS Card Reference: AP (CUC CJD 29, 32-33; 10.07.79).
<2> SKE6443 Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot..
<3> SWX10669 Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. CJD 29-33 tr281693/3. print.
<4> SWX11699 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/1. print.
<5> SWX11703 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/5. print.
<6> SWX11705 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/7. print.
<7> SWX11704 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/6. print.
<8> SWX10671 Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. CJD 36-37 tr277692/2. print.
<9> SWX10669 Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. CJD 29-33 tr281693/3. print.
<10> SWX11700 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/2. print.
<11> SWX11701 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/3. print.
<12> SWX10671 Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. CJD 36-37 tr277692/2. print.
<13> SWX11699 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/1. print.
<14> SWX11700 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/2. print.
<15> SWX11701 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/3. print.
<16> SWX11702 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/4. print.
<17> SWX11703 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/5. print.
<18> SWX11704 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/6. print.
<19> SWX11705 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/7. print.
<20> SWX11702 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2769/4. print.
<21> SKE57110 Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021.

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Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Prehistoric ring ditch and associated linear feature, east of Birchington

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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

Oct 18 2024 3:34PM