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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 79 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of a medieval village, near Woodchurch, Ramsgate |
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Summary
Site of medieval village identified from cropmarks. It has been suggested that there is often very little evidence to prove that there ever was a village at the sites in question, though there may in some cases have been a manor house and perhaps one or two farmhouses and/or cottages. A deserted church site or an isolated church certainly does not prove the existence of a deserted village, though of course it is quite possible that further research or excavation may bring genuine deserted villages to light.
| Grid Reference: | TR 325 679 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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TR 325679 Cropmarks of medieval village. Site no. 116. (1) Everitt points out that as far as deserted medieval villages are concerned in most cases there is nothing to prove that there ever was a village at the sites in question, though there may in some cases have been a manor house and perhaps one or two farmhouses and/or cottages. A deserted church site or an isolated church certainly does not prove the existence of a deserted village, though of course it is quite possible that further research or excavation may bring genuine deserted villages to light. (2) Cropmark of enclosure. Linear cropmarks in the fields just south and west of Woodchurch Farm are probably representative of
the medieval village of Woodchurch. A 'plague pit' was reportedly encountered during trenching to the south of the farm. (3)
Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive (Collection). SKE11846.
<1> Thanet The Arch Heritge c.1982 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49900.
<2> Arch Cant 92 1976 10 (AM Everett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36066.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Collection: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1987. Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive. |
| <1> | OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritge c.1982 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit). |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 92 1976 10 (AM Everett). [Mapped feature: #63798 DMV, ] |
