TR 36 NW 164 - Goal post enclosure, Acol hill

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Monument record TR 36 NW 164 - Goal post enclosure, Acol hill

Summary

The cropmark of a staple, or goal post enclosure has been identified in fields on Acol Hill. This site was recorded from aerial photographs taken by the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England as part of a project to identify and classify cropmarks across Kent. It is possible that this enclosure may be associated with a complete rectilinear enclosure previously identified 150m to the east.

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Grid reference	Centred TR 30395 67586 (27m by 47m)
Map sheet	TR36NW
County	KENT
District	THANET, KENT
Civil Parish	ACOL, THANET, KENT

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GOAL POST ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)

Full Description

Site identified during transcription of features recorded on air photographs. (1) RCHME AP shows staple enclosure at TR 3035 6758. (2)

A curvilinear enclosure possibl of Later Prehistoric date was visible as a cropmark on EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 07/2013. ACCESSED 08-APR-2024. The feature appears as an incomplete half D-shaped enclosure open to the west with a straight side to the south with a single angular SE corner. The eastern side is straight, curving around fto form the northern side. This appears to open out to the north. This feature was mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024 (3)

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

<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, RCHME Kent pilot mapping programme plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<3> Google.Com, 1960-2023, Earth.Google.Com orthophotography, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 07/2013. ACCESSED 08-APR-2024 (Archive). SKE57111.

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<1> SKE39678 OS Card Reference: David McLeod/1986-7/RCHME Air Photo Unit Survey of Kent.
<2> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. RCHME Kent pilot mapping programme plot..
<3> SKE57111 Archive: Google.Com. 1960-2023. Earth.Google.Com orthophotography. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 07/2013. ACCESSED 08-APR-2024.

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Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)

Record last edited

Nov 12 2024 3:21PM