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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 SE 15 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of a medieval moated site, Monkton Marshes, Minster |
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Summary
A large earthwork/cropmark feature has been located on Docker Hill in Monkton Marshes. The features appear to be the remains of a rectilinear moat surrounded by a curvilinear bank. These were identified in aerial photographs taken by the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England as part of a project to identify and classify cropmarks across Kent.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2822 6370 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26SE |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1539 AD? (at some time))
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Moat |
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Full description
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Rectilinear moat surrounded by curvilinear bank, sited on slight rise in Monkton Marshes known as Docker Hill. (1) Visible as cropmark on RCHME AP's. (2) additional bibliography and images (3-8)
<1> AP (RAF 106G/UK 1131 F4058; 17 1 46) (OS Card Reference). SKE34051.
<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, RCHME Kent Pilot Mapping Programme Plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<5> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<6> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
<7> RCHME, 1998, Lincolnshire's Archaeology from the Air (Bibliographic reference). SWX15712.
<8> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<8> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<8> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: AP (RAF 106G/UK 1131 F4058; 17 1 46). |
| <2> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. RCHME Kent Pilot Mapping Programme Plot.. |
| <5> | Graphic material: Google Earth. |
| <6> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: RCHME. 1998. Lincolnshire's Archaeology from the Air. |
| <8>XY | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. [Mapped feature: #51123 moated site, ] |
| <8> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <8> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
Related records
| MWX43228 | Parent of: Boundary feature, Monkton Marshes (Monument) |
| TR 26 SE 3 | Part of: Medieval salt mound, Monkton Marshes (Monument) |
| TR 26 SE 4 | Part of: Saltmound (Monument) |
