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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 715
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible boundary ditch, Lord of the Manor

Summary

A cropmark at Lord of the Manor showing a long linear ditch was observed during a 2013 aerial photo analysis. It was also excavated in 2013 during an archaeological evaluation. A sherd of later iron age pottery had been recovered from the same ditch in 2012 by the Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society.


Grid Reference:TR 3546 6545
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:MANSTON, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • DITCH (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SHERD (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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A cropmark at Lord of the Manor showing a long linear ditch was observed during a 2013 aerial photo analysis. It has been interpeted as possibly of iron age or Roman date.(1) It was also encountered during a 2013 trial trenching evaluation (2) A sherd of later iron age pottery had been recovered from the same ditch in 2012 by the Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society.


<1> Alison Deegan, 2013, Air photo and lidar mapping and interpretation for land at Ozengell Grange, Ramsgate, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31449.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 2013, Archaeological Evaluation Report Land at Manston Green Ramsgate (Unpublished document). SKE32304.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Alison Deegan. 2013. Air photo and lidar mapping and interpretation for land at Ozengell Grange, Ramsgate, Kent.
<2>Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2013. Archaeological Evaluation Report Land at Manston Green Ramsgate.