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Monument details

Summary

Cropmarks of between prehistoric and post-medieval period and unknown function visible in 1976 and 2007 and partially in 1949, located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The features appear as lighter areas in the crop, so likely represent levelled banked earthworks.

Monument Types

• EARTHWORK (Lower Palaeolithic to Post Medieval - 500000 BC to 1900 AD)

Full description

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Cropmarks of between prehistoric and post-medieval period and of unknown function visible on aerial photography taken in 1976 [1], also on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [2] and partially on aerial photographs taken in 1949 [3], located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe. These features were located in three fields and spanned an area 320m x 100m. The features appeared as lighter areas in the crop, so likely represent levelled banked earthworks.

Within this area of cropmarks was located a ring ditch, which is recorded as MKE6936 and NMR467766. Another ring ditch lay 400m NE of this site (MKE6935). It was also just N of Wanstone Battery (MKe17934), Wanstone HAA Battery (MKe17935) and S of an area of bomb craters (MWX43569).

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.

<2> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3543 28-APR-2007_Updates (Graphic material). SWX15711.

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