[TR 31986378] Clapper Hill [NAT] (Ancient Foundations etc found) [NAT] (1) Applies to a hill feature situated a short distance S of the Rough. A great quantity of human bones and foundations of ancient buildings have been found there from time to time. (2) Clapper Hill is a slightly elevated field on the N bank of the Old Wantsum Channel. It was under crop at time of visit and nothing of note was seen. There is no local knowledge of the site and there is no record of anything else having been found there. (3) TR 320638. According to OS records 'a great quantity of human bones and foundations of ancient buildings have been found here from time to time'. When visited in 1963 the site was in crop, no cropmark was visible, and there was no local knowledge of the site. (4) (6)

<1> OS 6" 1908 (OS Card Reference). SKE48323.

<2> Rev ONB 19 1905 (OS Card Reference). SKE49183.

<3> F1 CFW 28-NOV-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42799.

<4> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Record No 252 (OS Card Reference). SKE44711.

<5> Field report for monument TR 36 SW 27 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6285.

<6> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1989, Weatherlees Hill and Ebbsfleet Farm, Minster, Thanet: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SKE6721.