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Monument details

Summary

The cropmarks of at least three ring ditches have been identified in fields to the north of Minster. These features were identifiable in aerial photographs taken for the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England to classify cropmarks across Kent. They had been previously sighted on several occasions by aerial photographs and land survey. There appears to be the remains of at least two single ditched ring ditches and one double ditched ring ditch. There also appear to be internal features in at least one of these, and a further number of ploughed out features are located in the area. It is suspected that these represent the remains of Bronze Age barrows, with evidence of interconnecting rectangular shaped ditches.

Monument Types

• RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
• RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Full description

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The cropmarks of at least three ring ditches have been identified in fields to the north of Minster. These features were identifiable in aerial photographs taken for the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England to classify cropmarks across Kent. They had been previously sighted on several occasions by aerial photographs and land survey. There appears to be the remains of at least two single ditched ring ditches and one double ditched ring ditch. There also appear to be internal features in at least one of these, and a further number of ploughed out features are located in the area. It is suspected that these represent the remains of bronze age barrows, with evidence of interconnecting rectangular shaped ditches.(1-10)

<1> St.Joseph A/P. YH5 (OS Card Reference). SKE49661.

<2> F2 FGA 18-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE43327.

<3> Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 9 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49864.

<4> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit sites and mons Archive 1988 149 photo (OS Card Reference). SKE44533.

<5> Field report for monument TR 36 NW 39 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6242.

<6> CAT Annual Report, 1994-5. (OS Card Reference). SKE38716.

<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1996, Canterbury's Archaeology 1994 - 1995, CAT Annual Report, 1994-5. (Serial). SKE11882.

<7> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot., RCHME Kent pilot mapping programme plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.

<8> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, KCC AP, 1990, run 11, no. 100. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<9> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SKE11867.

<10> Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H., 1992, Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey (Unpublished document). SWX6777.

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