Monument record TR 35 NW 905 - Post-medieval land drainage ditch, Cow Leas Meadow, Sandwich

Summary

In Trench 3 the old marsh surface was cut by a broad ditch, which must be associated with the former marshland drainage system. This ditch was aligned north-east to south-west and perhaps originally drained into the Town Ditch a short distance away. The datable material recovered from the old marsh surface here, which includes a decorated clay pipe bowl suggests that the ditch was not dug much before the early nineteenth century. It does not appear on large-scale later nineteenth-century maps of the area, however, suggesting that it may have been backfilled by then.

Location

Grid reference TR 3289 5787 (point)
Map sheet TR35NW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2017, Cow Leas Meadow, Sandwich, Kent: Evaluation report (Unpublished document). SKE51786.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2017. Cow Leas Meadow, Sandwich, Kent: Evaluation report.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Cow Leas Meadow, Sandwich, Kent (Ref: CLMS-EV-16) (EKE17251)

Record last edited

Dec 12 2018 4:03PM