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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 40 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows, Birchington |
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Summary
Cropmark of probable Bronze Age barrows. Identified from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3124 6918 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC (at some time) to 701 BC (at some time))
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Probable prehistoric barrow identified from cropmark |
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Full description
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[TR 31246918] Cropmarks (Ring ditch). (1) There is nothing to be seen on the ground which is under freshly sown pasture. The crop mark probably represents the site of a bronze age barrow. (2) TR 312691. Located to the nearest fifty metres. Cropmarks of bronze age barrows. Site no. 26. (3) TR 31256919. Circular enclosure with entrance on east. Scatter of pits to the south east, with a single pit farthest out at TR 31446902. (4) Cropmarks of bronze age barrows were observed here. (5)
Additional Information (6 & 7).
<1> St. Joseph A/P ADI.55 (OS Card Reference). SKE49647.
<2> F1 FGA 18-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42937.
<3> Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49857.
<4> AP (NMR TR 3169/1-2; 9 7 76) (OS Card Reference). SKE33715.
<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive, Isle of Thanet Arch Unit sites and mons Archive 1988 26 (Collection). SKE11846.
<6> Field report for monument TR 36 NW 40 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6243.
<7> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1997, A Proposed Development of Land at Park Road/Canterbury Road, Birchington: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SWX7102.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: St. Joseph A/P ADI.55. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 18-FEB-65. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 3169/1-2; 9 7 76). |
| <5>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 26. [Mapped feature: #63383 cropmarks, ] |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NW 40 - February, 1965. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1997. A Proposed Development of Land at Park Road/Canterbury Road, Birchington: The Archaeological Implications. |
