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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 85 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age barrows, near Mount Pleasant, Minster, Thanet |
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Summary
The cropmarks of three barrow features were previously recorded in fields near Mount Pleasant. It has been suggested that these are the remains of Bronze Age barrows.
| Grid Reference: | TR 31360 65640 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- PIT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Two undated ring ditches or barrows. One is double-ditched and 26m diameter. The other single ditched and 27m diameter |
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Full description
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TR 312656. Located to the nearest fifty metres. Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows. Thanet Site no. 151. (1-4)
The 2007 Google Earth image shows the middle feature consists of a double-ditched ring dtich, with diameters 15m and 26m. The inner ditch is c.1m wide; the outer c.2.5m. The feature to the NE is a ring ditch 27m in diameter (the ditch being c.2.5m wide). The feature to the SW has probably been destroyed.
Additional reference (5)
Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H., 1992, Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey (Unpublished document). SWX6777.
<1> Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 10 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49855.
<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, KCC AP, 1967, run 28, 1292. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<3> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive (Collection). SKE11846.
<4> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SKE11867.
<5> Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H., 1992, Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey (Unpublished document). SWX6777.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H.. 1992. Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey. |
| <1> | OS Card Reference: Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 10 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit). |
| <2> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. KCC AP, 1967, run 28, 1292.. |
| <3> | Collection: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1987. Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1991. Proposed Improvements to The A253 Between Monkton & Ramsgate: The Archaeological Implications. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H.. 1992. Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey. |
