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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 54 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrow, Manston |
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Summary
The site of a probable round barrow. Part of the ditch and inner area were excavated in 1985. No finds or features were revealed.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3502 6539 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | MANSTON, 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: he site of a probable undated round barrow. Part of the ditch and inner area were excavated in 1985. No finds or features were revealed
The site of a probable round barrow at TR 35026539, upon a gentle E- facing downland slope. |
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Full description
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[Area - TR 350654] Cropmarks (ring ditch). (1)
The site of a probable round barrow at TR 35026539, upon a gentle E- facing downland slope. The area is under cabbages: nothing was seen. (2)
TR 35026538 Cropmark of ring ditch. (3)
TR 350653 (sited to nearest 50m) Cropmarks of bronze age barrow. Site no. 155. (4)
TR 350653. Trenching revealed ploughed off Bronze Age barrows. A part of the inner surface and one section of the ditch of this barrow were explored by excavation in 1985. No internal features were found but the chalk surface bore evidence of heavy plough attrition. (5)
<1> St. Joseph A/P, YH 38 (OS Card Reference). SKE49655.
<2> F1 ASP 26-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42305.
<3> AP (CUC BMV 66, 4.06.73) (OS Card Reference). SKE33410.
<4> Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 10 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49908.
<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive, Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No 155 (Collection). SKE11846.
<6> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 54 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6196.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: St. Joseph A/P, YH 38. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-FEB-65. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: AP (CUC BMV 66, 4.06.73). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 10 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit). |
| <5>XY | Collection: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1987. Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive. Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No 155. [Mapped feature: #61569 barrow, ] |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 54 - February, 1965. |
