Monument record TR 36 NE 159 - Possible round barrow, near Callis Grange, Margate

Summary

A possible Bronze Age barrow near Callis Grange, Margate. Smaller than the large Anglo Saxon types. Idenitifed from aerial photographs: Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 25-MAY-2012

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3702 6922 (11m by 11m)
Map sheet TR36NE
Civil Parish MARGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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Full Description

TR 370693. A small (c.10m dia) ring-shaped cropmark appears in cereals, about 2m to the north of Brondley Road and just to the west of the first bungalow. There are no signs of internal features. The ring ditch is intermediate in size to the small Bronze Age round barrow and the large Anglo-Saxon barrow. (1)

Cropmarks of a small ring ditch with a diameter of 11m likely to be the remains of either a Bronze Age or early medieval barrow which has been mapped from aerial photographs (Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 25-MAY-2012) as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. A second similar ring ditch lies 50m to the SSW within the same field. (2)


<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 53 (OS Card Reference). SKE44668.

<2> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 25-MAY-2012 (Archive). SKE57110.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 53.
  • <2> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 25-MAY-2012.

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Record last edited

Jan 6 2025 5:07PM