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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 193
Type of record:Monument
Name:Various cropmark features, Drapers Farm, Margate

Summary

Parts of two ring ditches, a possible pit feature and part of a rectangular enclosure, visible as cropmarks in aerial photographs.


Grid Reference:TR 360 694
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
  • PIT (Unknown date)
  • RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 2350 BC? to 1065 AD?)

Full description

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TR 360694. Linear Cropmarks suggesting large enclosures are visible on aerial photographs. The situation is somewhat confused by a display of pariglacial markings. (1) Parts of 2 ring ditches, a possible pit feature and part of a rectangular enclosure, centred on TR 3601 6935. Visible on air photographs. (2)


<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 288 photo (OS Card Reference). SKE44643.

<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 288 photo. [Mapped feature: #62927 cropmark, ]
<2>Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot..