A number of linear cropmark features were observed north of Minster Farm during a desk-based assessment of the East Kent Access (A256) route. One runs c. 300m north-west to south-east and is intrersected at right angles by another(c. 400m long) running north-east to south-west. Both stop at their southern extent at a third linear running approximatley 300m east-west. A smaller cropmark run c. 50m north and then 70m east west within the larger complex.(1)

During an assessment of the land carried out in 2021 in advance of proposed development, the trackway was linked with the Iron Age/Romano-British farmstead identified through cropmark evidence to the north west (TR 36 NW 87). (2)

Ditches of a trackway of Later Prehistoric date were visible as cropmarks in NMR 21734/24 13-AUG-2002, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 and 35365/011 24-JUN-2024. This feature was mapped as part of the Historic England Isle of Thanet project in 2024. (3-6)

<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, A256 East Kent Access Desktop Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE17497.

<2> Thanet Archaeological Services, 2021, Land adjacent to Laundry Road Minster, Kent, Archaeological Appraisal and Assessment of Potential (Unpublished document). SKE57864.

<3> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 21734/24 13-AUG-2002 (Archive). SKE57106.

<4> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, 35365/011 24-JUN-2024 (Archive). SKE57106.

<5> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 (Archive). SKE57110.

<6> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 (Archive). SKE57110.