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Monument details

Summary

An enclosure forming part of a settlement of Later Prehistoric date was visible as a cropmark in NMR 3120/1016 06-AUG-1986 and 35256/003 16-JUN-2022.

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)

Two sides of an enclosure forming part of a settlement of Later Prehistoric date were visible as cropmarks in NMR 3120/1016 06-AUG-1986 and 35256/003 16-JUN-2022. 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. (4-5)

<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.

<5> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, 35256/003 16-JUN-2022 (Archive). SKE57106.

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