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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43104 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of an enclosure northwest of Upstreet |
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Summary
Cropmarks of an enclosure are visible in a field northwest of Upstreet on 1980s aerial photographs. Although not securely dated, it is likely that this feature is of later prehistoric date and may represent settlement activity.
| Grid Reference: | TR 22443 63042 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26SW |
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| Parish: | CHISLET, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cropmarks of Roman roads and enclosures, west of Upstreet |
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Full description
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Cropmarks of an enclosure are visible in fields immediately northwest of Upstreet on 1980s RCHME oblique aerial photographs [1-2].
Three sides of a ditched enclosure are visible, enclosing an area at least 35m (NW-SE) by 30m (NE-SW). There is a gap in the south-eastern side of the enclosure close to the southern corner but it is not clear whether this is an entrance or merely an area of the field that is unconducive to cropmark production. A north-westwards curve at the end of the same side suggests that the ditch is returning to form a fourth, north-eastern, side.
Although not securely dated, it is likely that this feature is of later prehistoric date and may represent settlement activity. An enclosure of similar shape and dimensions lies 1km to the SW (MWX43092). It is notable that it also shares the same alignment as the enclsoure recorded 40m to the south (MWX43105) and may represent part of the same enclosure system.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<4> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <4> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <4> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
Related records
| MWX43092 | Parent of: Later prehistoric cropmarks of an enclosure between Hersden and Upstreet (Monument) |
| MWX43105 | Part of: Cropmarks northwest of Upstreet (Monument) |
