Monument record TR 36 NW 139 - Cropmark of round barrow, Retreat Farm, Woodchurch
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 334 673 (24m by 24m) (2 map features) |
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Map sheet | TR36NW |
County | KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
Civil Parish | MANSTON, THANET, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Site identified during transcription of features recorded on air photographs. (1) RCHME AP shows single-ditched, ring ditch with central pit features, located at TR 3345 6731. (2)
Possible Bronze Age round barrow visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs - NMR 962/95 09-JUL-1976. The site appears as the cropmark of a ploughed-out sub-circular mound 24m in diameter, with evidence of some buried mound material visible as a pale cropmark.In the centre of the this mound is the cropmark of a single pit, possibly the result of subsequent robbing of the barrow. This feature was mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. A second smaller mound site lies immediately to the NE. This is recorded separately (3).
<1> David McLeod/1986-7/RCHME Air Photo Unit Survey of Kent (OS Card Reference). SKE39678.
<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot., RCHME Kent pilot mapping programme plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.
<3> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 962/95 09-JUL-1976 (Archive). SKE57106.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SKE39678 OS Card Reference: David McLeod/1986-7/RCHME Air Photo Unit Survey of Kent.
- <2> SKE6443 Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot.. RCHME Kent pilot mapping programme plot..
- <3> SKE57106 Archive: Historic England Archive. 1920-2024. Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs. NMR 962/95 09-JUL-1976.
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Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)
Record last edited
Nov 20 2024 3:33PM