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Monument details

HER Number:MKE126052
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cropmark of a small ring ditch, Monkton

Summary

Cropmark of a small ring ditch, Monkton, one of a line of three possible Bronze Age or early medieval round barrows mapped from aerial photographs: NMR 1671/36 06-AUG-1979


Grid Reference:TR 2911 6553
Map Sheet:TR26NE
Parish:MONKTON, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 2350 BC to 1065 AD)
  • ROUND BARROW (Early Bronze Age to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 2350 BC to 1065 AD)
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument 1018880: ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY AND ASSOCIATED REMAINS AT MONKTON, 550M NORTH OF WALTERS HALL FARM; Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cropmarks of a Bronze Age and/or Saxon barrow cemetery and potential settlement foci, north of Monkton

Full description

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Cropmark of a small ring ditch, Monkton, one of a line of three possible Bronze Age or early medieval round barrows mapped from aerial photographs: NMR 1671/36 06-AUG-1979 as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. These three barrows are recorded separately, but lie within the area of a Scheduled Jutish cemetery.(5)


Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs (Archive). SKE57106.

<1> RCHME, NMP Kent Pilot Project Crop Mark Transcription (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6448.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1996, Canterbury's Archaeology 1994 - 1995 (Serial). SKE11882.

<4> Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H., 1992, Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey (Unpublished document). SWX6777.

<5> Historic England Archive, 1920-2024, Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs, NMR 1661/355 16-JUL-1979 (Archive). SKE57106.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Archive: Historic England Archive. 1920-2024. Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs.
<1>Miscellaneous Material: RCHME. NMP Kent Pilot Project Crop Mark Transcription.
<2>Serial: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1996. Canterbury's Archaeology 1994 - 1995.
<4>Unpublished document: Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H.. 1992. Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey.
<5>Archive: Historic England Archive. 1920-2024. Historic England Archive Specialist oblique aerial photographs. NMR 1661/355 16-JUL-1979.