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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 188 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British ditch, near A253, Minster |
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Summary
A truncated V-shaped ditch was found at Minster during the construction of a gas pipeline in 1984. The ditch appeared to run on a north-south alignment and was 0.9m wide by 0.8m deep. It was filled with loam soils and found within this deposit were a number of Romano-British pottery sherds.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3363 6533 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
Full description
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[TR 33636533 sited from plan] A ditch of truncated V-form, c0.90m wide by 0.80m deep was found at Minster duing the construction of the Monkton Gas Pipeline in 1984. The ditch crossed the line of the pipe trench in a north-south direction, the fill of loam had worn. Romano British sherds. (1)
Geophysical survey undertaken in 1992 (2).
<1> Perkins, D. R. J., 1986, The Monkton Gas Pipeline: Phases III & IV 1983 - 84, Arch Cant 102 1985 44 56 (DRJ Perkins) (Article in serial). SKE11881.
<2> Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H., 1992, Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey (Unpublished document).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 | | <1>XY | Article in serial: Perkins, D. R. J.. 1986. The Monkton Gas Pipeline: Phases III & IV 1983 - 84. CII Pages 43 - 69. Arch Cant 102 1985 44 56 (DRJ Perkins). [Mapped feature: #64964 ditch, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Clark, A. J. & Bartlett, A. D. H.. 1992. Thanet, Kent: Proposed Improvements to A253 Report on Geophysical Survey. |
