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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 two probable Bronze Age barrows. Identified from EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 12-1990 aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3118 6950 |
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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).
Cropmarks of two adjacent ring ditches of probable Bronze Age round barrows visible on aerial photographs EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 12-1990. ACCESSED 18-MAR-2024 and mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. The southern ring ditch is slightly irregular with a diameter of 18.5m and has a large pit cut into its southern side. The northern ring ditch is clipped on the northern side by the Canterbury Road. This has a diameter of 19.5m. (9).
<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.
<9> Google.Com, 1960-2023, Earth.Google.Com orthophotography, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 12-1990. ACCESSED 18-MAR-2024 (Archive). SKE57111.
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> | 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. |
| <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. |
| <9> | Archive: Google.Com. 1960-2023. Earth.Google.Com orthophotography. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 12-1990. ACCESSED 18-MAR-2024. |
