It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.
Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 161 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Monument |
|---|
| Name: | Ring ditch and enclosure cropmarks, Updown Farm, Margate parish |
|---|
Summary
A large rectilinear enclosure and ring ditch cropmarks are located at Updown Farm. One of the ring ditches is soubled ditched and is thought to be the remains of a round barrow. Identified from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3665 6935 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
|---|
| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
|---|
Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Possible group of prehistoric ring-ditches and other features identified from cropmarks |
|---|
Full description
If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.
[Area TR 266 693] Cropmarks (ring ditch). (1)
The site of a probable round barrow situated upon nearly level ground, at TR 3665 6934. The field is under crop and nothing was seen. (2)
[TR 366 693 - sited to nearest 50 metres] Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrow. Site no. 51. (3)
RCHME AP shows double ring ditch at TR 3664 6931 and single-ditched ring ditch at TR 3664 6934. These are situated inside part of a large irregular enclosure, FCE TR 3666 6932. The enclosure continues to TR 3651 6948, where there is part of a possible rectilinear enclosure and a single-ditched ring ditch at TR 3651 6934. (4)
<1> AP (CUC AAW 83) (OS Card Reference). SKE33335.
<2> F1 ASP 26-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42305.
<3> Thanet The Arch Heritage c.1982 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) 5 (OS Card Reference). SKE49884.
<4> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 161 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6206.
<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (CUC AAW 83). [Mapped feature: #62591 cropmark, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-FEB-65. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage c.1982 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) 5. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 161 - February, 1965. |
| <5> | Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot.. |
