Monument record TR 36 NE 180 - Extractive pit in a field west of Dane Court Road, Broadstairs

Summary

An extractive pit, of possible medieval or post medieval date is visible as a cropmark on Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 377 682 (22m by 22m)
Map sheet TR36NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

TR 378683. Linear cropmarks indicate enclosures, possibly Iron Age farmsteads. Other darker cropmarks may be ancient chalk workings. Some ring ditches can be seen, presumably ploughed off round barrows. (1)
Undated cropmarks. Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. Desk based assessment [2]. Possibly related to Thanet Sites and Monuments record no.206.(2)

This record has now been split and covers the extractive pit only. An extractive pit, of possible medieval or post medieval date is visible as a cropmark on Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007. The feature was mapped as part of the Thanet Landscape Mapping Project. (3)


<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 206 photo (OS Card Reference). SKE44591.

<2> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1995, Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study (Unpublished document). SWX7097.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007. (Archive). SKE57110.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 206 photo.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1995. Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study.
  • <3> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007..

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)

Record last edited

Jan 14 2025 3:18PM