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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 108 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible prehistoric trackway, near Monkton |
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Summary
A curvilinear feature appearing as cropmarks has been identified in fields to the north of Monkton. It is thought that this feature is either a trackway of prehistoric date or possibly a surviving fragment of Roman Dunstrete. The feature is visible running for c.1350m and appears to cut through a probable barrow cemetery in the area (see TR 26 NE 82 and 17).
| Grid Reference: | TR 2900 6576 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | MONKTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TRACKWAY (Prehistoric or Roman - 500000 BC? (at some time) to 409 AD? (at some time))
| Protected Status: | 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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[TR 2900 6576] Monkton (linear feature centred). Trackway cutting through probable barrow cemetery (see TR 26 NE 82 and 17). Runs fromTR 2846 6589 to TR 2976 6566. (1)
Track could be either a prehistoric track (Cursus?), or a surviving fragment of Roman Dunstrete. (2)
<1> AP (NMR TR 2965/18 01.08.85) (OS Card Reference). SKE33673.
<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SKE11867.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 2965/18 01.08.85). |
| <2>XY | Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1991. Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications. [Mapped feature: #49842 trackway, ] |
