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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 42 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of probable barrows, Birchington |
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Summary
Cropmarks of probable Bronze Age barrow features. Identified from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3118 6956 |
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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: Cropmarks of two undated ring ditches, west of King Ethelbert School |
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Full description
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[TR 31176950 and TR 31196952] Cropmarks (ring ditches) (1) There are no surface indications of these ring ditches which probably represent the site of BA barrows. (2) TR 311695. Located to the nearest fifty metres. Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows and an enclosure. Site numbers 25 and 27. (3) Ring ditches at TR 31186952 and TR 31176949. (4) Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows were observed here. (5)
Additonal Information (6-8).
<1> St. Joseph A/P AFK 91 (OS Card Reference). SKE49648.
<2> F1 FGA 18-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42937.
<3> Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49856.
<4> AP(CUC BXA 37; 4 6 76) (OS Card Reference). SKE34189.
<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 25 (Collection). SKE11846.
<6> Field report for monument TR 36 NW 42 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6245.
<7> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11774.
<8> 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1997, A Proposed Development of Land at Park Road/Canterbury Road, Birchington: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document).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 AFK 91. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 18-FEB-65. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: AP(CUC BXA 37; 4 6 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 25. [Mapped feature: #63405 cropmark, ] |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NW 42 - February, 1965. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR3169/7. print. |
| <8> | Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1997. A Proposed Development of Land at Park Road/Canterbury Road, Birchington: The Archaeological Implications. |
