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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 56 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Barrow/ring ditch cropmark features, Nethercourt, Ramsgate |
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Summary
Cropmarks of at least 6 ring ditches - thought to be Bronze Age barrows. Identified from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 358 650 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cropmarks of at least 6 ring ditches and Second World War pillbox |
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Full description
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[Area TR 358650] Cropmarks (two ring ditches). (1) The sites of two probable round barrows situated upon the crest of a ridge. The ground is under cabbages: nothing was seen. (2) TR 35816507. Cropmarks of 6 ring ditches, 4 large, 2 small, at TR 35816507, TR 35876507, TR 35916503, TR 35936502, TR 35806501, TR 35836497 consecutively. (3) TR 359651 (sited to nearest 50m) Cropmarks of BA barrows. Site No.159. (4) TR 358650. Cropmarks in cereals and root crops shwo at least 5 ploughed off round barrows, some with internal features. (5) The six probable Bronze Age round barrows have been mapped as part of the Historic England: Ramsgate HAZ project and have been recorded separately in individual child NRHE monument records to this record. (6-7)
<1> St. Joseph A/P VB 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE49650.
<2> F1 ASP 26-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42305.
<3> AP (CUC BJK 77-8, 17.07.72) (OS Card Reference). SKE33390.
<4> Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 10 (Thanet. Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49910.
<5> Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No 159, photo (OS Card Reference). SKE44740.
<6> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 56 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6197.
<7> Historic England, Ramsgate Heritage Action Zone: An Assessment of Aerial Photographs and Lidar (Unpublished document). SKE55468.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: St. Joseph A/P VB 29. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-FEB-65. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: AP (CUC BJK 77-8, 17.07.72). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 10 (Thanet. Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit Sites and Mons. Archive 1988, Record No 159, photo. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 56 - February, 1965. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Historic England. Ramsgate Heritage Action Zone: An Assessment of Aerial Photographs and Lidar. |
