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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 103
Type of record:Monument
Name:Undated enclosure and ring ditches, Westwood, St. Peters

Summary

Rectilinear enclosure cropmark feature with internal divisions. Uncertain date and function. Identified from aerial photographs.


Grid Reference:TR 3743 6880
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cropmark of undated rectilinear enclosure with rounded corners and a probable prehsitoric ring ditch

Full description

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TR 37436880 Cropmark of rectilinear enclosure with rounded corners and a ring ditch at TR 37426875. (1,2)

TR 374688 (sited to nearest 50m) Cropmarks of enclosures. Site no 98. (3)

Rectangular enclosure shows as a cropmark, no surface scatter of finds. (4)

Rectilinear enclosure seems to display an internal division on RCHME AP. An additional ring ditch at TR 3737 6875 is visible on Thanet cropmark plot. (5]

Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. Desk based assessment [6].


<1> AP (CUC YH 30; 16.06.59) (OS Card Reference). SKE33509.

<2> AP (NMR TR 3768/3; 16-JUL-79) (OS Card Reference). SKE33786.

<3> Thanet The Arch Heritage c.1982 8 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49890.

<4> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 98 (OS Card Reference). SKE44690.

<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.

<6> 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 A Desk Based Study (Unpublished document).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>OS Card Reference: AP (CUC YH 30; 16.06.59).
<2>OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 3768/3; 16-JUL-79).
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage c.1982 8 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit). [Mapped feature: #62087 cropmark, ]
<4>OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 98.
<5>Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot..
<6>Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1995. Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study.