[TR 2900 6576] Monkton (linear feature centred). Trackway cutting through probable barrow cemetery (see TR 26 NE 82 and 17). Runs fromTR 2846 6589 to TR 2976 6566. (1)

Track could be either a prehistoric track (Cursus?), or a surviving fragment of Roman Dunstrete. (2)

The cropmark traces of a fragmented double-ditched trackway of prehistoric date or possibly a surviving fragment of Roman Dunstrete. The feature is visible running for c.1350m and appers to be the northern branch of the track which branches at a junction to the east at TR 2978 6567 (adjacent to a Romano-British settlement TR 36 NW 238), a southern branch curving down to the SW for a short distance before being lost at TR 2954 6563. Further fragments of ditch which may be the continuation of this southern track continue across the fields for a further 225m (recorded separately).This site was mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. (3-6)

<1> AP (NMR TR 2965/18 01.08.85) (OS Card Reference). SKE33673.

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Archaeology, 1991, Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document).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

<3> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 2639/3132 01-AUG-1985 (Archive). SKE57106.

<4> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 1661/355 16-JUL-1979 (Archive). SKE57106.

<5> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 3115/180 02-JUL-1986 (Archive). SKE57106.

<6> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, HEA 29754/2 29-JUN-2015 (Archive). SKE57106.