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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 46 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of four ring ditches, to the southwest of Birchington, Thanet |
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Summary
Four ring ditch features visible as cropmarks in various aerial photographs from 1956 to 1989 and Google Earth images of 2007 and 2013.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2918 6838 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC)
Full description
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Four ring ditches visible as cropmarks in various aerial photographs from 1956 to 1989 and Google Earth images of 2007 and 2013 to the southwest of Birchington, Thanet.
They are 13m diameter arranged in pairs, each pair being 25m apart. All four ring ditch are circular in form without interruption. (3,4)
(1) Cropmarks are under pasture. There are no surfaces traces of the marks. (2) Photographs (6-51)
<1> St Joseph APs VB44 (OS Card Reference). SKE49626.
<2> F1 ASP 26.02.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42296.
<3> AP (CUC BFY 4 7; 7 7 71) (OS Card Reference). SKE33382.
<4> AP (NMR TR 2968/7;16 7 79) (OS Card Reference). SKE33681.
<5> Field report for monument TR 26 NE 44 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5834.
<6> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11762.
<7> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10667.
<8> 1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11755.
<9> 1956, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10713.
<10> 1984, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11756.
<11> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11741.
<12> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11768.
<13> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11751.
<14> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11769.
<15> 1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11752.
<16> 1973, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10589.
<17> 1975, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10610.
<18> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11747.
<19> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10667.
<20> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11748.
<21> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11767.
<22> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11750.
<23> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11759.
<24> 1984, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11745.
<25> 1957, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11804.
<26> 1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11753.
<27> 1975, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10610.
<28> 1957, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11806.
<29> 1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11754.
<30> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11761.
<31> 1984, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11756.
<32> 1957, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11806.
<33> 1957, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11804.
<34> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11769.
<35> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11768.
<36> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11767.
<37> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11762.
<38> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11761.
<39> 1973, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10589.
<40> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11759.
<41> 1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11755.
<42> 1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11754.
<43> 1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11753.
<44> 1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11752.
<45> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11751.
<46> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11750.
<47> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11748.
<48> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11747.
<49> 1984, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11745.
<50> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11741.
<51> 1956, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10713.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: St Joseph APs VB44. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26.02.65. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: AP (CUC BFY 4 7; 7 7 71). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 2968/7;16 7 79). |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NE 44 - February, 1965. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/31. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. CJD 19-24 tr292686/8. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/25. print. |
| <9> | Photograph (Print): 1956. Photograph. SU 88 tr292686/1. print. |
| <10> | Photograph (Print): 1984. Photograph. TR2968/26. print. |
| <11> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/12. print. |
| <12> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR2968/6. print. |
| <13> | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/21. print. |
| <14> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR2968/7. print. |
| <15> | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/22. print. |
| <16>XY | Photograph (Print): 1973. Photograph. BMU 1-8 tr292686/6. print. [Mapped feature: #49164 cropmark, ] |
| <17> | Photograph (Print): 1975. Photograph. BTG 42-45 tr288688/4. print. |
| <18> | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/18. print. |
| <19> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. CJD 19-24 tr292686/8. print. |
| <20> | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/19. print. |
| <21> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR2968/5. print. |
| <22> | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/20. print. |
| <23> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/29. print. |
| <24> | Photograph (Print): 1984. Photograph. TR2968/16. print. |
| <25> | Photograph (Print): 1957. Photograph. VB 44 tr292686/2. print. |
| <26> | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/23. print. |
| <27> | Photograph (Print): 1975. Photograph. BTG 42-45 tr288688/4. print. |
| <28> | Photograph (Print): 1957. Photograph. VB 50 tr292686/3. print. |
| <29> | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/24. print. |
| <30> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/30. print. |
| <31> | Photograph (Print): 1984. Photograph. TR2968/26. print. |
| <32> | Photograph (Print): 1957. Photograph. VB 50 tr292686/3. print. |
| <33> | Photograph (Print): 1957. Photograph. VB 44 tr292686/2. print. |
| <34> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR2968/7. print. |
| <35> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR2968/6. print. |
| <36> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR2968/5. print. |
| <37> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/31. print. |
| <38> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/30. print. |
| <39>XY | Photograph (Print): 1973. Photograph. BMU 1-8 tr292686/6. print. [Mapped feature: #49164 cropmark, ] |
| <40> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/29. print. |
| <41> | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/25. print. |
| <42> | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/24. print. |
| <43> | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/23. print. |
| <44> | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/22. print. |
| <45> | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/21. print. |
| <46> | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/20. print. |
| <47> | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/19. print. |
| <48> | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/18. print. |
| <49> | Photograph (Print): 1984. Photograph. TR2968/16. print. |
| <50> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/12. print. |
| <51> | Photograph (Print): 1956. Photograph. SU 88 tr292686/1. print. |
