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Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm

England
List entry 1005489
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005489
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
10.2 hectares
Grid reference
TR 29962 67770
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ring ditches and enclosures 500 yards east-south-east of College Farm is a prehistoric monument consisting of a series of circular and oval ditched features located near Sittingbourne in Kent. The site comprises multiple ring ditches, which are characteristic of Bronze Age settlement and funerary activity, typically dating to the second millennium before Christ. These ditched enclosures would have served various functions within Bronze Age communities, including the definition of domestic or ritual spaces, and their circular form reflects the architectural preferences of this period. The monument is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its significance for understanding Bronze Age land use and settlement patterns in Kent.

Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005489. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm?

Ring ditches and enclosures 500 yards east-south-east of College Farm is a prehistoric monument consisting of a series of circular and oval ditched features located near Sittingbourne in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005489.

Who is responsible for protecting Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm?

Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005489.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A Saxon Shore fort, Roman port and associated remains at Richborough (7.9 km), Medieval moated site, Chequer Court (8.8 km), Sandwich town walls: section at NW corner (150ft long) (9.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A Saxon Shore fort, Roman port and associated remains at Richborough
7.9 km
Medieval moated site, Chequer Court
8.8 km
Sandwich town walls: section at NW corner (150ft long)
9.6 km
Sandwich town walls: section extending 40yds (36m) on N side of Strand Street
9.6 km
Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Ash Mill
9.6 km
Sandwich town walls: section incorporated in the old East Kent Brewery (35ft long)
9.7 km
Site of medieval port, Stonar
9.7 km
Sandwich town walls: section from Woodnesborough Gate to Canterbury Gate
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm

Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm

CanterburyRoman town · ~11.2 miles
Domesday entry for Monkton, Kent →
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