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Monument record TR 36 NW 48 - Ring ditch cropmarks, Acol

Summary

Two ring ditches have been sighted as cropmarks in fields to the north east of Acol. These features are approximately 9m in diameter and appear to remain in a good condition as complete circles. It is suspected that they represent the remains of Bronze Age barrows.

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Grid reference	TR 304 674 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR36NW
County	KENT
District	THANET, KENT
Civil Parish	ACOL, THANET, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

Two ring ditches, at TR 30316756 and TR 30346754, show dark in ripening barley. Both are some 9.0m in diameter with no trace of a break in the ditch. The site occupies the S facing slope of a dry, chalk coombe. Surveyed at 1/2500. (1) St. Joseph A.P. shows a number of these small ring ditches in this area, centred TR 304675 (a). (2) TR 304677. Located to the nearest fifty metres. Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows. Site no 110. (3)

<1> F1 CFW 15-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42590.

<2> F2 CFW 19-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE43258.

<3> St. Joseph A/P YH.12 (OS Card Reference). SKE49652.

<4> Thanet Archaeol Heritage c1982 9 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle Thanet Archaeol Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49870.

<5> Field report for monument TR 36 NW 48 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6251.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1>XY SKE42590 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 15-JUL-64. [Mapped feature: #63465 cropmark, ]
<2> SKE43258 OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 19-FEB-65.
<3> SKE49652 OS Card Reference: St. Joseph A/P YH.12.
<4> SKE49870 OS Card Reference: Thanet Archaeol Heritage c1982 9 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle Thanet Archaeol Unit).
<5> SKE6251 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NW 48 - February, 1965.