Ring ditch cropmark feature in Birchington. Identified from aerial photographs taken in 1986. No further information. (1-2)

In 2011 the Trust for Thanet Archaeology carried out an evaluation. The ring ditch was found to be c.27m in diameter. No finds were recovered from the lower fills of the ditch. The upper fills contained Early to Middle Iron Age and Roman pottery. The barrow was probably of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date. (3)

The cropmark remains of a large ring ditch (29m in diameter) of a probable round barrow are visible on aerial photographs - NMR 3115/109 02-JUL-1986 and Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-AUG-2003. This has been mapped mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. A second smaller ring ditch lies immediately to the NE. (4-5)

<1> David McLeod/1986-7/RCHME Air Photo Unit Survey of Kent (OS Card Reference). SKE39678.

<2> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11773.

<3> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2011, Sports Pitch and Multi Use Games Area, Ursuline College, Canterbury Road, Westgate on Sea: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE24850.

<4> Historic England Archive, 1964-2005, Historic England Archive Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photographs, NMR 3115/109 02-JUL-1986 (Archive). SKE57105.

<5> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-AUG-2003 (Archive). SKE57110.