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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SE 74
Type of record:Monument
Name:Circular enclosed settlement with entrance to west

Summary

The cropmark of a possible Iron Age settlement enclosure can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 2011. It is situated on the eastern slope of a coombe on the eastern edge of Gravesend The enclosure is curvilinear on all but its eastern side which is straight and aligned north-south. There is an entrance on the western side circa 5.5m wide (looking into the coombe). The cropmark of the ditch is between 2.6m - 3m wide and defines an interior up to 42m by 42m. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.

Grid Reference:TQ 6716 7246
Map Sheet:TQ67SE
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Sub-rectangular undated enclosure revealed by air photography

Full description

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rectangular enclosed settlement with entrance only, sited at TQ 6716 7247 from good quality air photograph. Interpreted as Iron Age (site no. KE 137.1.1) (1-2)

The sites was examined in aerial photographs by Historic England during the Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape project and seen to be circular with an entrace to the west (3)


<1> AP's (NMR TQ 6772/3-4 (15-06-73) ) (OS Card Reference). SKE34264.

<2> The Classification of cropmarks in Kent:A Report for MPP. RCHM APU (July 1989), list 11. (OS Card Reference). SKE50309.

<3> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: AP's (NMR TQ 6772/3-4 (15-06-73) ).
<2>OS Card Reference: The Classification of cropmarks in Kent:A Report for MPP. RCHM APU (July 1989), list 11..
<3>XYBibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project. [Mapped feature: #16493 Cropmark, ]