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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 SW 63 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Sub-circular mounds, Minster Marshes |
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Summary
Spoil heaps of bomb craters of Second World War date were visible as earthworks on US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944.
| Grid Reference: | TR 324 636 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The earthwork of a small mound is located in fields on Minster Marshes. There is little information on this monument and it is not known what it represents. The mound was also recorded as a cropmark from aerial photographs taken by the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England as part of a project to classify cropmarks across Kent. A number of similar features have been identifed in this area (see TR 36 SW 64, TR 36 SW 65, TR 36 SW 66). RCHME AP shows small, sub-circular cropmark at TR 3256 6359. (1)
Spoil heaps of bomb craters of Second World War date were visible as earthworks on US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944. The eastern-most of these features may be the mound recorded by authority (1) at TR 3260 6359. The features were recorded as levelled earthworks on Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021. The four small mounds are oriented in an east-west line. One has a small crater to its north side. They are much smaller than stack stand mounds in the environs. In consequence they are interpreted as the remains after a stick of explosives were dropped on the marshes. (2-3)
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, RCHME Kent Pilot Mapping Programme Plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<2> Historic England Archive, 1944, Historic England Archive USAF vertical aerial photographs, US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944 (Archive). SKE57114.
<3> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021 (Archive). SKE57110.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. RCHME Kent Pilot Mapping Programme Plot.. |
| <2> | Archive: Historic England Archive. 1944. Historic England Archive USAF vertical aerial photographs. US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944. |
| <3> | Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021. |
