Monument record TR 36 NE 132 - Ring ditches at Northdown, Margate

Summary

Ring ditch cropmark features - sub circular and overlapping. Remains of Bronze Age barrows? The site is now developed and little is thought to remain.

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Grid reference TR 3730 6985 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR36NE
Civil Parish MARGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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(TR 37316985) Cropmarks of ring-ditches (subcircular and overlapping ring ditches). (1) Cropmarks fall in ploughed fields on the summit and south side of a downland ridge. Nothing was visible. (2) TR 373698. Sub-circular cropmarks and overlapping ring-ditches. (3)

An evaluation on the site in 2006 failed to locate any trace of the cropmark. (5)


<1> AP (CUC YH 25) (OS Card Reference). SKE33503.

<2> F1 ASP 26-FEB-56 (OS Card Reference). SKE42303.

<3> KARU T15 (OS Card Reference). SKE45624.

<4> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 132 - February, 1956 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6203.

<5> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2006, The results of an archaeological evaluation in advance of the erection of bungalows and associated parking between 59 and 61 Palmer Crescent, Millmead Estate, Margate, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17014.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: AP (CUC YH 25).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-FEB-56.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: KARU T15.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 132 - February, 1956.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 2006. The results of an archaeological evaluation in advance of the erection of bungalows and associated parking between 59 and 61 Palmer Crescent, Millmead Estate, Margate, Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation between 59 and 61 Palmer Crescent, Margate (EKE11277)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at Lord of the Manor, 1976/1977 (Ref: EI 15326) (EKE4219)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavations at Lord of the Manor 1976-1977, 1980 (EKE15877)

Record last edited

Jan 13 2025 3:05PM