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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 180 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks in a field west of Dane Court Road, Broadstairs |
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Summary
Enclosure cropmarks thought to be the remains of chalk workings and possibly Iron Age farmsteads. Ring ditches in this area are thought to be the remains of ploughed off round barrows.
| Grid Reference: | TR 378 683 |
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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: Undated enclosure and possible large pit feature revealed by cropmark |
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Full description
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TR 378683. Linear cropmarks indicate enclosures, possibly Iron Age farmsteads. Other darker cropmarks may be ancient chalk workings. Some ring ditches can be seen, presumably ploughed off round barrows. (1)
Undated cropmarks. Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. Desk based assessment [2]. Possibly related to Thanet Sites and Monuments record no.206.
<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 206 photo (OS Card Reference). SKE44591.
<2> 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 A Desk Based Study (Unpublished document).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>XY | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 206 photo. [Mapped feature: #62790 cropmark, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1995. Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study. |
