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Monument details

Summary

Three small mounds (poss tumuli) which were seen as earthworks and mapped from aerial photographs. This survey was carried out as part of a multi-disciplinary research project on the Roman fort initiated by English Heritage Centre for Archaeology, Portsmouth. The aim of this project was to establish the extent, morphology and complexity of the settlement in the area under active ploughing between the Saxon Shore fort and the amphitheatre. The combined results of the aerial survey, the geophysical surveys and small scale excavations undertaken by the CFA in 2001 will be used to improve the interpretation, management and presentation of the site

Monument Types

• BARROW? (Early Bronze Age to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 2350 BC? to 1065 AD?)

Full description

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TR 3155 5965 Three small mounds, possibly tumuli, were found SW of theamphitheatre, Richborough, Ash. (1)

The earthwork remains of three small oval mounds of unknown date or function which were described by the previous authority and seen located in a low lying field with post Medieval drainage ditches. They were seen centred at TR 3157 5967, lie c.12m apart in a NW-SE line and range in size from 5.6m x 8m to 6m x 7m.

These mounds were mapped from aerial photographs as part of a multi-disciplinary research project on the Roman fort and its environs initiated by English Heritage Centre for Archaeology, Portsmouth. (2)

<1> NMR (OS Card Reference). SKE47569.

<2> KARU SMR Form (OS Card Reference). SKE45605.

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