Monument record TR 36 NE 56 - Barrow/ring ditch cropmark features, Nethercourt, Ramsgate

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Cropmarks of at least 6 ring ditches - thought to be Bronze Age barrows. Identified from aerial photographs.

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Grid reference Centred TR 358 649 (178m by 150m)
Map sheet TR36SE
Civil Parish RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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[Area TR 358650] Cropmarks (two ring ditches). (1) The sites of two probable round barrows situated upon the crest of a ridge. The ground is under cabbages: nothing was seen. (2) TR 35816507. Cropmarks of 6 ring ditches, 4 large, 2 small, at TR 35816507, TR 35876507, TR 35916503, TR 35936502, TR 35806501, TR 35836497 consecutively. (3) TR 359651 (sited to nearest 50m) Cropmarks of BA barrows. Site No.159. (4) TR 358650. Cropmarks in cereals and root crops shwo at least 5 ploughed off round barrows, some with internal features. (5) The six probable Bronze Age round barrows have been mapped as part of the Historic England: Ramsgate HAZ project and have been recorded separately in individual child NRHE monument records to this record. (6-7)


<1> St. Joseph A/P VB 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE49650.

<2> F1 ASP 26-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42305.

<3> AP (CUC BJK 77-8, 17.07.72) (OS Card Reference). SKE33390.

<4> Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 10 (Thanet. Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49910.

<5> Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No 159, photo (OS Card Reference). SKE44740.

<6> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 56 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6197.

<7> Historic England, Ramsgate Heritage Action Zone: An Assessment of Aerial Photographs and Lidar (Unpublished document). SKE55468.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: St. Joseph A/P VB 29.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-FEB-65.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: AP (CUC BJK 77-8, 17.07.72).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 10 (Thanet. Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No 159, photo.
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 56 - February, 1965.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Historic England. Ramsgate Heritage Action Zone: An Assessment of Aerial Photographs and Lidar.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Air Photograph Interpretation, Ramsgate (EKE22367)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Kent Mapping Project (EKE20439)

Record last edited

Jul 16 2025 11:09AM