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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 146 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of 16th-17th battery and watchhouse, St. Nicholas at Wade parish |
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Summary
During an aerial survey the remains of concentric circular cropmarks c.30m in diameter were identified. These features are thought to be the remains of a 16th-17th century battery located near the north Thanet coast.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2630 6900 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)
Full description
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(TR 24306900 sited from Isle of Thanet Arch Unit S.M.A. map diagram). Site of battery. Cropmark shows natural watercourse. To the north of this an ephemeral crop, which does not show well on aerial photographs has been observed. Mr R. Tapp who has flown over the site on a number of occasions made a sketch showing concentric circles c.30m across. This could be the trace of the battery and watchhouse supposed to have been located nearby in the 16-17th century (1). Site photograph (2-4).
<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 300/3 (OS Card Reference). SKE44656.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9458.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9462.
<4> 1948, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9719.
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 300/3. [Mapped feature: #50242 battery, ] |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4020. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4035. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1948. Photograph. 3009. print. |
