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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 79 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark complex, near North Foreland Lighthouse, St Peters |
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Summary
A number of single and double ditched ring ditch cropmark features and double ditched linear features near North Foreland Lighthouse. The date and function of these is unknown.
| Grid Reference: | TR 396 694 |
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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: A number of ring ditches and undated linear features visible on aerial photographs |
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Full description
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The ring ditch initially recorded on this SMR, is visible as a cropmark at TR 3962 6941. The feature is on the site of a linear cropmark, (FCE TR 3966 6952), consisting of a broken ditch with parallel pit features. A double ring ditch with internal pits and a single ditched, ring ditch with a central pit, (burial mound?), are located at the end of the linear feature at TR 3958 6934. 2 further ring ditches are located at the opposite end, centred on TR 3978 6982. Transcipted by RCHME and Thanet Trust for Archaeology. (1)
<1> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot.. [Mapped feature: #61822 cropmark, ] |
