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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 1186 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of a ring ditch to the southwest of Birchington, Thanet |
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Summary
Ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, visible as a cropmark in various aerial photographs from 1956 to 1989, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 05-MAY-2018 and Google Earth images of 2007 and 2013.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2910 6845 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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A ring ditch visible as a cropmark in various aerial photographs from 1956 to 1989 and Google Earth images of 2007 and 2013.
It is 21m in diameter and consists of a single circular ditch with no interuption. (3,4)
(1) Cropmarks are under pasture. There are no surfaces traces of the marks. (2)
Cropmarks of a single ring ditch of a probable Bronze Age round barrow visible on Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 05-MAY-2018 aerial photographs and mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. The ring ditch has a diameter of 22m. (5)
1956, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10713.
1956, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10713.
1957, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11804.
1957, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11804.
1957, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11806.
1957, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11806.
1973, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10589.
1973, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10589.
1975, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10610.
1975, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10610.
1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10667.
1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10667.
1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11767.
1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11767.
1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11768.
1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11768.
1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11769.
1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11769.
1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11759.
1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11759.
1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11761.
1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11761.
1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11762.
1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11762.
1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11741.
1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11741.
1984, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11745.
1984, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11745.
1984, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11756.
1984, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11756.
1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11747.
1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11747.
1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11748.
1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11748.
1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11750.
1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11750.
1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11751.
1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11751.
1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11752.
1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11752.
1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11753.
1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11753.
1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11754.
1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11754.
1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11755.
1989, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11755.
<1> St Joseph APs VB44 (OS Card Reference). SKE49626.
<2> F1 ASP 26.02.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42296.
<3> AP (CUC BFY 4 7; 7 7 71) (OS Card Reference). SKE33382.
<4> AP (NMR TR 2968/7;16 7 79) (OS Card Reference). SKE33681.
<5> Field report for monument TR 26 NE 44 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5834.
<6> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 05-MAY-2018 (Archive). SKE57110.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Photograph (Print): 1973. Photograph. BMU 1-8 tr292686/6. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1975. Photograph. BTG 42-45 tr288688/4. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. CJD 19-24 tr292686/8. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1956. Photograph. SU 88 tr292686/1. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/12. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1984. Photograph. TR2968/16. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/18. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/19. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/20. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2968/21. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/22. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/23. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/24. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1989. Photograph. TR2968/25. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1984. Photograph. TR2968/26. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/29. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/30. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR2968/31. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR2968/5. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR2968/6. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR2968/7. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1957. Photograph. VB 44 tr292686/2. print. |
| --- | Photograph (Print): 1957. Photograph. VB 50 tr292686/3. print. |
| <1> | OS Card Reference: St Joseph APs VB44. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26.02.65. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: AP (CUC BFY 4 7; 7 7 71). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR 2968/7;16 7 79). |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NE 44 - February, 1965. |
| <6> | Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 05-MAY-2018. |
