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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 190 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Barrows and enclosure features, Northdown, Margate |
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Summary
Aerial photographs in the 1960s showed cropmarks suggesting small and large round barrows and a sub-rectangular enclosure, perhaps an Iron Age farmstead.
| Grid Reference: | TR 374 699 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FARMSTEAD? (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
Full description
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TR 374699. Bronze Age barrows and Iron Age enclosures. Aerial photographs in the 1960s showed cropmarks suggesting small and large round barrows and a sub-rectangular enclosure, perhaps an Iron Age Farmstead. (1) Thanet SMR 285. (2)
<1> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive, Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 283 (Collection). SKE11846.
<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1994, A Desk-Based Assessment of the Archaeological Implications of a Proposed Development at Manston Road, Ramsgate (Unpublished document). SKE12032.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Collection: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1987. Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive. Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 283. [Mapped feature: #62895 cropmark, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1994. A Desk-Based Assessment of the Archaeological Implications of a Proposed Development at Manston Road, Ramsgate. |
