[Area TR 348698]. Cropmarks (ring ditch and interrupted ditch system). (1) Nothing visible on the ground. (2) TR 348698. Located to the nearest 50 metres. Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows. Site no. 44. (3) TR 34806987. Linear ditch with funnel entrance, a curvilinear enclosure abutting the ditch and a larger curvilinear enclosure joined to that. Ovate enclosure at TR 34736973 and TR 344697. (4) A series of cropmarks show the presence of a penannular ditched enclosure (barrow?), a rectangular enclosure and several other linear markings.(5,6)

Gourp of inter-connecting sub-circular enclosures containing small quantities of late bronze - early iron age pottery sherds. The lack of archaeological material across the site led to the interpretation as cattle pounds or similar.(7,8)

additional references (9)

The cropmark remains of two conjoined sub-circular enclosures and a curving ditch are visible on aerial photographs: CUCAP BTG83 26-JUN-1975, NMR 3115/0086 02-JUL-1986 and EARTH.GOOGLE.COM JULY-2013 ACCESSED 08-NOV-2023. The enclosures are incomplete, ditch-defined. The smaller (c.30m in diameter), northern enclosure appears to be the primary enclosure onto which the larger enclosure (38m in diameter) is attached. The smaller enclosure may have been attached to a curving linear ditch to the north. This site has been surveyed and mapped from aerial photographs in the late 1990s by the RCHME for the Kent NMP. This survey suggests a more complete northern enclosure and relationship with the linear ditch, but this project had access to crucial CUCAP aerial photographs unavailable to this most recent (2024) survey.These features have recently been mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024 (10-12)

<1> APs (CUC VB 35, YH 21) (OS Card Reference). SKE34208.

<2> F1 FGA 19.02.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42941.

<3> Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 5 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49859.

<4> AP (CUC SU 72-73; 3 6 56) (OS Card Reference). SKE33487.

<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 44 photo (Collection). SKE11846.

<6> Field report for monument TR 36 NW 47 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6250.

<7> Perkins DRJ, 1996, Evaluation Work Carried out in 1995, Hartsdown Community Woodland Scheme, Margate (Article in serial). SWX7357.

<8> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1995, Hartsdown Community Woodland: Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE12056.

<9> Historic England, Archive material associated with RCHME Margate Project (Archive). SKE55504.

<10> Historic England Archive, 1949-1976, Historic England Archive CUCAP oblique aerial photographs, CUCAP BTG83 26-JUN-1975 (Archive). SKE57107.

<11> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 3115/0086 02-JUL-1986 (Archive). SKE57106.

<12> Google.Com, 1960-2023, Earth.Google.Com orthophotography, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM JULY-2013 ACCESSED 08-NOV-2023 (Archive). SKE57111.