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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 SW 27 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible building and burials, Clapper Hill, Minster |
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Summary
Large quantities of human bones and foundations of ancient buildings have reportedly been found on Clapper Hill in the past. The site is located in the Minster Marshes on an elevated area on the north bank of the Old Wantsum Channel. Subsequent visits to the site to investigate have produced no finds and no further information about the site is known.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3198 6378 |
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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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[TR 31986378] Clapper Hill [NAT] (Ancient Foundations etc found) [NAT] (1) Applies to a hill feature situated a short distance S of the Rough. A great quantity of human bones and foundations of ancient buildings have been found there from time to time. (2) Clapper Hill is a slightly elevated field on the N bank of the Old Wantsum Channel. It was under crop at time of visit and nothing of note was seen. There is no local knowledge of the site and there is no record of anything else having been found there. (3) TR 320638. According to OS records 'a great quantity of human bones and foundations of ancient buildings have been found here from time to time'. When visited in 1963 the site was in crop, no cropmark was visible, and there was no local knowledge of the site. (4) (6)
<1> OS 6" 1908 (OS Card Reference). SKE48323.
<2> Rev ONB 19 1905 (OS Card Reference). SKE49183.
<3> F1 CFW 28-NOV-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42799.
<4> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Record No 252 (OS Card Reference). SKE44711.
<5> Field report for monument TR 36 SW 27 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6285.
<6> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1989, Weatherlees Hill and Ebbsfleet Farm, Minster, Thanet: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SKE6721.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1908. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Rev ONB 19 1905. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 28-NOV-63. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Record No 252. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 SW 27 - November, 1963. |
| <6>XY | Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1989. Weatherlees Hill and Ebbsfleet Farm, Minster, Thanet: The Archaeological Implications. [Mapped feature: #66050 building, ] |
