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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 77 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Roman linear cropmarks, Westwood, Broadstairs |
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Summary
Rectilinear enclosure and banjo enclosure cropmarks. Some of these features are thought to be indicative of the remains of a villa complex. Identified from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3690 6890 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Rectilinear enclosure (possible Roman villa) and other possible enclosures (including possible prehistoric 'banjo' enclosure). Revealed from air photographs |
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Full description
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TR 36906890. Rectilinear enclosure and other possible enclosures both rectilinear and curvilinear. Small rectilinear enclosure at TR 36976905. Possible settlement site. (1,2)
TR 369689 (approximate siting) Cropmarks of enclosures. Site no. 96.(3)
Some cropmarks indicate banjo-type enclosures, while others indicate a villa. The system of ditches forming the enclosures extends down the field to the road. (4)
Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. Desk based assessment [5].
<1> AP (NMR TR 3668/4; 16.07.79) (OS Card Reference). SKE33782.
<2> AP (NMR TR 3768/9; 16.07.79) (OS Card Reference). SKE33788.
<3> Thanet The Arch Heritage c1982 8 (Thanet Dist Council and The Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49898.
<4> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 96 (OS Card Reference). SKE44689.
<5> 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 A Desk Based Study (Unpublished document).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 3668/4; 16.07.79). [Mapped feature: #61800 cropmark, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 3768/9; 16.07.79). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage c1982 8 (Thanet Dist Council and The Isle of Thanet Arch Unit). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 96. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1995. Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study. |
