Monument record TQ 87 NE 1105 - Cropmark of a ring ditch, to the north west of Grain

A ring ditch visible as cropmarks in aerial photos of 1990 to the north west of Grain. It is 22m across and consists of a singular circular ditch with no interruption.(1)

An incomplete sub-circular ring ditch, possibly a Bronze Age round barrow, measuring 21m across was seen at TQ 8807 7670 as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1990 prior to destruction of the site through gravel extraction. This is one of a group of three adjacent ring ditches of varying size which were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(2)

<1> Kent County Council, 1987-, Kent County Council: holding record (Miscellaneous Material). SKE59004.

<2> KCC, 1990, Vertical aerial photograph KCC/2690/Line 4 267 14-JUL-1990 (Photograph). SKE59106.