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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 143
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Iron Age farmstead cropmark features, Northdown, Margate

Summary

Cropmarks including a circular feature with internal features, a pit and a macula. Possibly the remains of an Iron Age farmstead.

Grid Reference:TR 3768 6989
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • ENCLOSURE (Prehistoric or Roman - 500000 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • MACULA (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • RING DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Ring ditches

Full description

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TR 37686989. Cropmark of enclosure. (1-3) (TR) 377698. Cropmark of a circular enclosure with internal features.Barrow? IA farmstead? On farmland close to the footpath (Broadley Road). (4) A large ring ditch is situated at TR 3765 6988, a pit at TR 3764 6992 and a macula cropmark can be seen at TR 3765 6988. (5)


<1> AP (NMR TR 3769/2 16.9.79) (OS Card Reference). SKE33790.

<2> AP (CUC WT 83-5 26.6.88) (OS Card Reference). SKE33496.

<3> AP (CUC YH 27-8 16.6.59) (OS Card Reference). SKE33505.

<4> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 52 (OS Card Reference). SKE44667.

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

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 3769/2 16.9.79).
<2>XYOS Card Reference: AP (CUC WT 83-5 26.6.88). [Mapped feature: #62423 cropmark, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: AP (CUC YH 27-8 16.6.59).
<4>OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 52.
<5>Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot..