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Monument details

HER Number:	MKE124780
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Enclosure east of St. Nicholas at Wade

Summary

An enclosure forming part of a settlement of Later Prehistoric date was visible as a cropmark in NMR 3120/1018 06-AUG-1986.

Grid Reference:	TR 2740 6651
Map Sheet:	TR26NE
Parish:	ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

GOAL POST ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
ENCLOSURE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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TR 273664 located to the nearest fifty metres. Cropmarks of enclosure.

The cropmarks of two rectilinear enclosures. Identified from aerial photographs.

Site no. 130. (1) TR 27326647. Two rectilinear cropmarks, possibly remains of enclosures. (1-3)

An enclosure forming part of a settlement of Later Prehistoric date was visible as a cropmark in NMR 3120/1018 06-AUG-1986. This feature was mapped as part of the Historic England Isle of Thanet project in 2024. Adjacent enclosures mentioned by authority (1) are now recorded separately. (4)

<1> Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 9 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49864.

<2> AP (CUC ADI 45-6; 14 6 61) (OS Card Reference). SKE33343.

<3> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 130 (OS Card Reference). SKE44531.

<4> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 3120/1018 06-AUG-1986 (Archive). SKE57106.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 9 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit).
<2>	OS Card Reference: AP (CUC ADI 45-6; 14 6 61).
<3>	OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 130.
<4>	Archive: Historic England Archive. 1920-2024. Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs. NMR 3120/1018 06-AUG-1986.

Related records

TR 26 NE 77

Part of: Enclosure cropmarks, near St. Nicholas at Wade (Monument)