Monument record TR 36 NE 137 - Bronze Age Barrow and v-shpaed ditch, Northdown, Margate

Summary

Cropmarks of a ring ditch and two linear features were identified from aerial photographs. A Bronze Age barrow was partially excavated two weeks ahead of a major housing development at this site. The ploughed out barrow had been enclosed within a broad V-shaped ditch. The central area contained a series of small pits, some containing inhumations and also a decorated beaker.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3756 6993 (28m by 29m)
Map sheet TR36NE
Civil Parish MARGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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Type and Period (5)

Full Description

TR 37566989 [centred] Cropmarks (ring ditch and two irregular shaped enclosures). [See TR 36 NE 141 and 143] (1) These cropmarks fall in plouhed fields on the summit and south side ofa downland ridge. Nothing was visible. (2) TR 375699. Millmead Road, Margate. A substantial Bronze Age barrow, first detected from the air, was partially excavated two weeks ahead of a major housing development. The ploughed out barrow had been enclosed within a broad V-shaped ditch. The central area contained a series of small pits, some containing inhumations and also a decoratedbeaker. [For enclosures situated nearby see TR 36 NE 143 and TR 36 NE141] (3) An additional cropmark of a single-ditched ring ditch is located at TR 3752 6994. (4)

A ring ditch with internal pits, representing the remains of a Bronze age round barrow, are visible as cropmarks on CUCAP WT86 16-JUN-1959. The feature has since been built over. The feature was mapped as part of the Thanet Landscape Mapping Project. (6)


<1> AP (CUC WT 86) (OS Card Reference). SKE33500.

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

<3> Arch Excavs 1975 43 (B Philp) (OS Card Reference). SKE36503.

<4> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 137 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6205.

<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.

<6> Historic England Archive, 1949-1976, Historic England Archive CUCAP oblique aerial photographs, CUCAP WT86 16-JUN-1959 (Archive). SKE57107.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: AP (CUC WT 86).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-FEB-65.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Arch Excavs 1975 43 (B Philp).
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 137 - February, 1965.
  • <5> Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot..
  • <6> Archive: Historic England Archive. 1949-1976. Historic England Archive CUCAP oblique aerial photographs. CUCAP WT86 16-JUN-1959.

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Record last edited

Jan 14 2025 12:40PM