Monument record TR 26 NE 144 - Cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure to the north west of Nether Hale Farm Cottages

Summary

A rectilinear enclosure visible as a cropmark on Google Earth image of 2007 and Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 to the north west of Nether Hale Farm Cottages.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 2744 6778 (234m by 113m)
Map sheet TR26NE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A rectilinear enclosure visible as a cropmark in Google Earth image of 2007 to the north west of Nether Hale Farm Cottages.

It has a width of 199 m and height of 83 m and cosists of tracks and a small woodland area that interrupts the north western side of the enclosure, a track that interrupts the south western side of the enclosure and lastly, a track that interrupts the eastern side of the enclosure.

Cropmarks of two phases of possibly Iron Age or Roman settlement enclosures visible as cropmarks on Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 to the north west of Nether Hale Farm Cottages. The main enclosure is defined by straight ditches with angulr corners and traces of sub-divisions and though incomplete measures c. 85m by at least 130m. A second partial rectilinear enclosure lies on a different axis over the Southern side of the other enclosure.
Kent SMR and Historic England record scatters RB pottery immediately to the south [Kent SMR TR 26 NE 144 and NRHE 467076] (2)


<2> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 (Archive). SKE57110.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <2> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

May 21 2025 2:54PM