Monument record TR 36 NE 112 - Enclosure cropmark features, Broadstairs and St. Peters

Summary

The cropmarks of a rectangular ditched enclosure with internal features. The enclosure is likely to be medieval in date. Identified from aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3849 6985 (61m by 54m)
Map sheet TR36NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Cropmark of enclosure at TR 38506985. (1) TR 385698 (sited to nearest 50m) Cropmarks of enclosure. Site no 60.(2) Cropmark shows a rectangular ditched enclosure with internal features.(3)

An enclosure of likely medieval date is partially visible as a cropmark on EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-APR-2017 ACCESSED 29-AUG-2024. The feature is formed by a narrow circuit of ditch and is aligned along the northernside of the route of Reading Street Road. The feature was mapped as part of the Thanet Landscape Mapping Project. The CUCAP aerial photograph described above was unavailable to the project. Similar enclosures in the area are thought to be medieval in date, but the cropmark is very indistinct on the the available sources. (4)


<1> AP (CUC SU 64-70; 03.06.56) (OS Card Reference). SKE33485.

<2> Thanet The Arch Heritage c.1982 5 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49888.

<3> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 60 photo (OS Card Reference). SKE44670.

<4> Google.Com, 1960-2023, Earth.Google.Com orthophotography, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-APR-2017 ACCESSED 29-AUG-2024 (Archive). SKE57111.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: AP (CUC SU 64-70; 03.06.56).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage c.1982 5 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 60 photo.
  • <4> Archive: Google.Com. 1960-2023. Earth.Google.Com orthophotography. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-APR-2017 ACCESSED 29-AUG-2024.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Kent Mapping Project (EKE20439)

Record last edited

Jan 22 2025 9:52AM