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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 223 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Ring ditch cropmark features, Birchington |
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Summary
Two single ditched ring ditch cropmarks possibly the remains of two Bronze Age barrows. Evidence suggests the features are plough damaged. Identified from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 300 683 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? (at some time) to 701 BC? (at some time))
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? (at some time) to 701 BC? (at some time))
Full description
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TR 300683. Cropmarks of barrows. Cropmarks revealed by aerial photographs suggest the presence of at least 2 ploughed off Bronze Agebarrows. (1) Thanet cropmark plot shows 2 single-ditched, ring ditches at TR 2998 6820. (2)
<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 286 (OS Card Reference). SKE44641.
<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Thanet SMR, cropmark plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6443.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 286. [Mapped feature: #65292 cropmark, ] |
| <2> | Miscellaneous Material: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. Thanet SMR, cropmark plot.. |
