Monument record MWX43223 - A group of earthworks at Coxon's Hill

Summary

A group of earthworks are visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1941. There are three elements to the group, a bank and ditch system (including a D-shaped enclosure), an area of hollows and a group of parallel shallow ditches. The features all appear to have been plough-levelled within a few years of this date as they are visible only as cropmarks on RAF aerial photographs from 1946. The bank and ditch system may relate to the medieval and post-medieval salt working industry that is well documented in this area. The hollows and group of parallel ditches lie within the D-shaped enclosure. It is not clear what the hollows derive from or whether they are related to the bank and ditch system. The group of parallel ditches appear to be later than the hollows as they seem to cut through and overlie them. Their date and function is unclear and it is not clear whether they are related to the other features recorded within this area.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 27347 63952 (237m by 289m)
Map sheet TR26SE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish MONKTON, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

<3> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<4> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <3> Graphic material: Google Earth.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <4> Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Aug 14 2013 2:26PM