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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 111 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Curvilinear cropmark feature, probable slit trenching, Monkton |
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Summary
A curvilinear feature is located in fields to the north of Monkton. This feature was identified as a cropmark in aerial photgraphs taken in 1946. This is thought to represent the remains of extensive slit trenching, possible defensive in nature or maybe created for training purposes before the World Wars.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2880 6577 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | MONKTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
| 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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Extensive slit trenching running through the prob barrow cemetery at
TR 288659, runs TR 28116595 - 28806577 - 29326518. (1)
The cropmarks remians of a a network of crenellated slit trenches seen on aerial photographs extending either side of the A299 to the east of the Monkton roundabout. The trenches can be seen extending SE past a patch of woodland north of Walters Hall Farm. These remains are visible on aerial photographs taken in 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording programme.(2)
<1> AP (RAF 106G/UK 1378 F5084; 04.04.46) (OS Card Reference). SKE34055.
<2> Oblique aerial photograph reference number (Photograph). SKE55237.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (RAF 106G/UK 1378 F5084; 04.04.46). [Mapped feature: #49870 trenches, ] |
| <2> | Photograph: Oblique aerial photograph reference number. |
Related records
| MKE124734 | Part of: Crenellated slit trench extending from St Nicholas at Wade to Monkton/Hoo (Monument) |
