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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 SW 33 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age enclosure and ring ditch |
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Summary
Cropmarks of a Bronze Age ring ditch and enclosure
| Grid Reference: | TR 3481 6468 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Ring ditch and enclosure |
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Full description
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[TR 3481 6468] Cropmarks (ring ditch and enclosure). (1) Area under plough. Nothing visible. [This may be part of the prehistoric site at TR 347 646, see TR 36 SW 58.] (2) [TR 3479 6467] Cropmarks of large circular enclosure, superimposed on a rectilinear enclosure. Area feature abuts the west end of the rectilinear enclosure. (3)(4) [TR 347 646 - sited to nearest 50 metres] Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows and enclosures. Site no. 171. (5) The fragmented cropmarks of a rectangular enclosure superimposed on the remains of a large circular enclosure measuring 40m in diameter. These enclosures and numerous fragments of ditch in the field to the north and south can be seen on aerial photographs and have been mapped as part of the Historic England Ramsgate HAZ survey. The site was excavated as part of the East Kent Access road. The rectangular enclosure was dated to the middle Iron Age and the ring ditch to the Early Bronze Age. (6-8)
<1> St Joseph AP No AAW 80 (OS Card Reference). SKE49623.
<2> F1 FGA 24-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42974.
<3> AP (CUC ADI 72 14 6 61) (OS Card Reference). SKE33348.
<4> AP (CUC BMU 67-8 4 6 73) (OS Card Reference). SKE33408.
<5> Thanet The Arch Heritage c 1982 10 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49880.
<6> Field report for monument TR 36 SW 33 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6289.
<7> Andrews et al, 2015, Digging The Gateway: Archaeological Landscapes of South Thanet. The Archaeology of East Kent Access (Phase III) Vol 1: The sites (Monograph). SKE55517.
<8> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Photograph). SKE55518.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: St Joseph AP No AAW 80. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 24-FEB-65. |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (CUC ADI 72 14 6 61). [Mapped feature: #66117 cropmark, ] |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: AP (CUC BMU 67-8 4 6 73). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage c 1982 10 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit). |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 SW 33 - February, 1965. |
| <7> | Monograph: Andrews et al. 2015. Digging The Gateway: Archaeological Landscapes of South Thanet. The Archaeology of East Kent Access (Phase III) Vol 1: The sites. |
| <8> | Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph reference number. |
