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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 171 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Rectilinear cropmark features and ring ditches, Monkton |
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Summary
Aerial photographs taken for the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England show a large, rectilinear enclosure to the east of Monkton roundabout. Around this are five small, single-ditched ring ditches. It is suspected that these features may be part of a medieval farmstead recorded in the area (see TR 26 NE 168).
| Grid Reference: | TR 2910 6560 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | MONKTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
| 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 |
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Full description
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RCHME AP shows large, rectilinear enclosure with S small, single-ditched, ring ditches just outside. Possibly the same site as TR 26 NE 168 (medieval farmstead) (1-3).
Geophysical survey undertaken in 1992(4).
From the National Heritage List of England:
Crop marks visible on aerial photographs indicate three circular, ditched graves and an associated irregular enclosure near the northern edge of the monument.
<1> RCHME, NMP Kent Pilot Project Crop Mark Transcription (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6448.
<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1996, Canterbury's Archaeology 1994 - 1995 (Serial). SKE11882.
<3> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SKE11867.
<4> Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H., 1992, Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey (Unpublished document). SWX6777.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Miscellaneous Material: RCHME. NMP Kent Pilot Project Crop Mark Transcription. |
| <2> | Serial: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1996. Canterbury's Archaeology 1994 - 1995. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1991. Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H.. 1992. Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey. |
Related records
| TR 26 NE 168 | Parent of: Medieval farmstead, Monkton (Monument) |
