Monument record TR 36 NW 40 - Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows, Birchington

Summary

Cropmark of probable Bronze Age barrows. Identified from aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3125 6917 (44m by 49m) FCE
Map sheet TR36NW
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

[TR 31246918] Cropmarks (Ring ditch). (1) There is nothing to be seen on the ground which is under freshly sown pasture. The crop mark probably represents the site of a bronze age barrow. (2) TR 312691. Located to the nearest fifty metres. Cropmarks of bronze age barrows. Site no. 26. (3) TR 31256919. Circular enclosure with entrance on east. Scatter of pits to the south east, with a single pit farthest out at TR 31446902. (4) Cropmarks of bronze age barrows were observed here. (5)

Additional Information (6 & 7).

Cropmarks of a single large oval enclosure with interruptions in the ditch or fragmented cropmark on the NW side 40.6m x48m (site 3 above) visile on aerial photographs -EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 12-1960 ACCESSED 18-MAR-2024- amongst the cropmarks of fragmented rectilinear enclosures and a scatter of pits. All features were mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024 (8)


<1> St. Joseph A/P ADI.55 (OS Card Reference). SKE49647.

<2> F1 FGA 18-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42937.

<3> Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49857.

<4> AP (NMR TR 3169/1-2; 9 7 76) (OS Card Reference). SKE33715.

<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive, Isle of Thanet Arch Unit sites and mons Archive 1988 26 (Collection). SKE11846.

<6> Field report for monument TR 36 NW 40 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6243.

<7> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1997, A Proposed Development of Land at Park Road/Canterbury Road, Birchington: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SWX7102.

<8> Google.Com, 1960-2023, Earth.Google.Com orthophotography, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 12-1960 ACCESSED 18-MAR-2024 (Archive). SKE57111.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: St. Joseph A/P ADI.55.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 18-FEB-65.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 3169/1-2; 9 7 76).
  • <5>XY Collection: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1987. Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive. Isle of Thanet Arch Unit sites and mons Archive 1988 26. [Mapped feature: #63383 cropmarks, ]
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NW 40 - February, 1965.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1997. A Proposed Development of Land at Park Road/Canterbury Road, Birchington: The Archaeological Implications.
  • <8> Archive: Google.Com. 1960-2023. Earth.Google.Com orthophotography. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 12-1960 ACCESSED 18-MAR-2024.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Kent Mapping Project (EKE20439)

Record last edited

Nov 5 2024 3:17PM