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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 67 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated barrow and enclosure cropmarks, Updown farm, Margate |
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Summary
The cropmarks of several ring ditches thought to be Bronze Age barrows and rectangular enclosures superimposed upon these. The suggestions of pits at the site may be indicative of plough damage. Neolithic flint tools such as scrapers have been found after ploughing. Cropmarks identified from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3657 6895 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ENCLOSURE (Prehistoric or Roman - 500000 BC? to 409 AD?)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: The cropmarks of several ring ditches thought to be bronze age barrows and rectangular enclosures |
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Full description
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TR 36576895. Rectilinear enclosure with small rectangular feature outside the north east corner. (1)
TR 366689. Cropmarks show several ring ditches presumed to be Bronze Age barrows on the rising down land. Near the path are linear markings suggesting superimposed rectangular enclosures. Neolithic flint tools (scrapers can be found beside the path after ploughing). (2)
Internal pit features visible inside the enclosure on RCHME AP. (3)
Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. Desk based assessment [4].
<1> AP (NMR TR 3668/3; 16.07.79) (OS Card Reference). SKE33780.
<2> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec No 95 (OS Card Reference). SKE44688.
<3> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.
<4> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1995, Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study (Unpublished document). SWX7097.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 3668/3; 16.07.79). [Mapped feature: #61690 cropmark, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec No 95. |
| <3> | Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot.. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1995. Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study. |
