Monument record TR 36 NE 161 - Ring ditch and enclosure cropmarks, Updown Farm, Margate parish
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3668 6940 (128m by 140m) |
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Map sheet | TR36NE |
Civil Parish | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
County | KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
[Area TR 266 693] Cropmarks (ring ditch). (1)
The site of a probable round barrow situated upon nearly level ground, at TR 3665 6934. The field is under crop and nothing was seen. (2)
[TR 366 693 - sited to nearest 50 metres] Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrow. Site no. 51. (3)
RCHME AP shows double ring ditch at TR 3664 6931 and single-ditched ring ditch at TR 3664 6934. These are situated inside part of a large irregular enclosure, FCE TR 3666 6932. The enclosure continues to TR 3651 6948, where there is part of a possible rectilinear enclosure and a single-ditched ring ditch at TR 3651 6934. (4)
Fragmented cropmarks of several conjoined rectilinear enclosures, possibly part of an Iron Age or Roman settlement are visible centred at TR 3668 6942. The cropmarks of a single-ditched ring ditch, probably the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow with a diameter of 22.5m is located at TR 3663 6935) at the SW edge of these enclosure cropmarks. These remains were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. A short arc of ditch at TR 3666 6942 may be the remains of a further ring ditch. Cropmarks of several pits of various sizes and uncertain date are also visible. No trace of the double-ditched ring ditch described above was visible on the available photographs (6) .
<1> AP (CUC AAW 83) (OS Card Reference). SKE33335.
<2> F1 ASP 26-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42305.
<3> Thanet The Arch Heritage c.1982 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) 5 (OS Card Reference). SKE49884.
<4> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 161 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6206.
<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.
<6> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 2116/0096 01-JUN-1982 (Archive). SKE57106.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SKE33335 OS Card Reference: AP (CUC AAW 83).
- <2> SKE42305 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-FEB-65.
- <3> SKE49884 OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage c.1982 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) 5.
- <4> SKE6206 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 161 - February, 1965.
- <5> SKE6443 Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot..
- <6> SKE57106 Archive: Historic England Archive. 1920-2024. Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs. NMR 2116/0096 01-JUN-1982.
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Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)
Record last edited
Jan 6 2025 12:46PM