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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 140 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of barrows and enclosures, near Shuart Farm, St. Nicholas at Wade parish |
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Summary
The cropmarks of five barrows and ditched enclosures have been recorded in fields to the west of Shuart Farm. Identified from aerial photographs 1940's. Possibly Bronze Age in date?
| Grid Reference: | TR 266 675 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cropmarks of barrows and enclosures. Cropmarks indicate at least 5 large barrows linked to a complex system of ditches, perhaps superimposed rectangular enclosures. |
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Full description
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TR 263678. Cropmarks of barrows and enclosures. Cropmarks indicate at least 5 large barrows linked to a complex system of ditches, perhaps superimposed rectangular enclosures. (1) Thanet cropmark plot shows 5 single-ditched ring ditches at TR 2626 6781 (2) and site photographs (3-5).
Also visible on the 2007 Google Earth image. A possible practice trench system runs across the site.
<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 271 (OS Card Reference). SKE44630.
<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9462.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9667.
<5> 1948, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9721.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 271. [Mapped feature: #50176 cropmarks, ] |
| <2> | Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot.. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4035. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 7022. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1948. Photograph. 4009. print. |
