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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NW 124
Type of record:Monument
Name:Barrow and ring ditch cropmarks, near Chalkhole Farm, Margate

Summary

Several cropmarks indicating the remains of two ploughed off round barrows. A single-ditched ring ditch is also shown on the Thanet cropmark plot. All identified from aerial photographs.


Grid Reference:TR 338 682
Map Sheet:TR36NW
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Full description

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TR 338682. Cropmarks of barrows. Cropmarks show one, possibly two ploughed off round barrows. (1) Thanet cropmark plot shows single-ditched, ring ditch at TR 3381 6821. (2)


<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 84 (OS Card Reference). SKE44683.

<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 84. [Mapped feature: #64287 cropmark, ]
<2>Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot..