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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 35 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Iron Age pits, near Cliffs End, Minster parish |
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Summary
A concentration of early Iron Age pits and other features was found near a ring ditch thought to be an early Bronze Age barrow feature. Located to the north of Cliffs End this site is now situated under the far eastern end of the Manston Airport runway.
| Grid Reference: | TR 341 654 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PIT (Early Iron Age - 800 BC? to 401 BC?)
Full description
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A concentration of Iron Age pits and other features is situated to the west of the barrow ring excavated at TR 341654. [See TR 36 NW 34]. (1) Much of this area is now covered by a runway of Manston Aerodrome and neither the pits noted by Grimes nor any other feature are now recognizable. (2)
<1> MOW Arch. Reports no.3 1960, 248, (W.F. Grimes) (OS Card Reference). SKE47347.
<2> F1 CFW 27-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42789.
<3> Field report for monument TR 36 NW 35 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6238.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: MOW Arch. Reports no.3 1960, 248, (W.F. Grimes). |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 27-SEP-63. [Mapped feature: #63336 pits, ] |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NW 35 - September, 1963. |
