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Monument record TQ 82 NE 74 - The Knelle Dam, a medieval flood defence
Summary
The Knelle Dam is an earth bank, some 2 - 3 m in height. It runs 2.7 km across the Rother valley from the Isle of Oxney on the Kent (north) side to the Sussex (south) side of the valley. It was built of local clay, for one purpose, and after three centuries became used for a different one. Both were essential in their own time for exclusion of the sea and the drainage of the valley. It is still today essential in controlling annual winter floods.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 8702 2785 (487m by 546m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ82NE |
| County | KENT |
| District | ASHFORD, KENT |
| Civil Parish | ROLVENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
<1> Ashford Borough Council, 2017, Ashford Heritage Strategy (Bibliographic reference). SKE51626.
<2> Jill Eddison, 2000, Romney Marsh, survival on a Frontier (Bibliographic reference). SKE51637.
<3> Archaeologia Cantiana, 1985, Developments in the lower Rother valleys up to 1600 (Article in serial). SKE51638.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SKE51626 Bibliographic reference: Ashford Borough Council. 2017. Ashford Heritage Strategy.
- <2> SKE51637 Bibliographic reference: Jill Eddison. 2000. Romney Marsh, survival on a Frontier.
- <3> SKE51638 Article in serial: Archaeologia Cantiana. 1985. Developments in the lower Rother valleys up to 1600. Vol 102, 1985.
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Record last edited
Mar 26 2021 10:43AM