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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 52 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible barrow site, near North Foreland Lighthouse, Broadstairs and St. Peters |
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Summary
A possible barrow idenitified from cropmarks near the North Foreland Lighthouse. Recorded from aerial photographs and no remains thought to be visible on the ground.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3983 6967 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC (at some time) to 701 BC (at some time))
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Undated ring ditch visible on aerial photographs |
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Full description
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[TR 39836967] Cropmark (Ring ditch) (1) There is no surface indication of this ring ditch which probably represents the site of a round barrow. (2) TR 398696 (sited to nearest 50m) Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows. Site No.64. (3) RCHME AP TR 3981 6967, broken ring ditch with small internal feature. (4) additional reference (5)
<1> St. Joseph A/8, AFK 97 (OS Card Reference). SKE49644.
<2> F1 ASP 26-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42305.
<3> Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 5 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49911.
<4> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 52 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6194.
<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: St. Joseph A/8, AFK 97. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-FEB-65. [Mapped feature: #61567 barrow, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 5 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit). |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 52 - February, 1965. |
| <5> | Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot.. |
