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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 138
Type of record:Monument
Name:Ring ditch cropmarks and pottery, Broadley Road, St. Peters

Summary

Ditches and early Iron Age pottery found at the site of a cropmark of a suspected barrow feature. The ditches and pottery dated to the early Iron Age c.400BC and were found between Broadley Road and Millmead flats. The site has since been built over.

Grid Reference:TR 3747 6947
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SHERD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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(TR 37476947) Cropmark of ring ditch. (1) TR 375695. Cropmark of Bronze Age barrow, now built over. (2) (TR) 374695. Ditches and pottery of early IA c400BC were found between Broadley Road and Millmead flats. (3) Additional single-ditched, ring ditch cropmarks at TR 3749 6949 and TR 3741 6944. (4)


<1> AP (CUC YH 27-8 16.6.59) (OS Card Reference). SKE33505.

<2> Thanet The Arch Heritage 1982 5 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49878.

<3> Thanet Sites and Mons Record 1 1988 site 56 (OS Card Reference). SKE49874.

<4> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: AP (CUC YH 27-8 16.6.59). [Mapped feature: #62374 cropmarks and findspot, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage 1982 5 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit).
<3>OS Card Reference: Thanet Sites and Mons Record 1 1988 site 56.
<4>Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot..