Monument record TQ 57 SE 1132 - A square cropmark of uncertain date
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5656 7027 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ57SE |
County | KENT |
District | DARTFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | DARENTH, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
An alternative location for the actual post-conquest medieval chapel of St Margeet Helle (or Helles) has also been postulated, based on surface finds of building materials and the depiction of the chapel on Hastead's original 18th century map and descriptions. This is further to the north-west and equates roughly to TQ 5657 7028. This alternative location corresponds to a large square cropmark and reportedly a depression on the ground, which the author suggests may represent an area of robbing out of the masonry. The upublished typescript by a local amatuer archaeologist appears to suggest that the known archaeological evidence around the "traditional" site marked on the Ordnance Survey maps may be from a pre-conquest early medieval chapel or church. The author of the paper has found surface finds of Roman and medieval material in the area of the Ordnance Survey siting. The Medieval chapel is likley to have incorporated Roman building materials, based on the 18th century antiquarian descriptions and was said to be reminiscent of a Roman building in Hasted's account. The manuscript of the modern paper moreover speculates that the tower may have had Roman origins due to the proximity of the known Roman villa site further north-west, and points to the similarity in dimensions of the chapel tower recorded by antiquarians to those of known smaller Romano-British temples. (1)
<1> Del Cook, ?, The Ancient Chapel of St. Margaret Helles (Unpublished document). SKE56462.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE56462 Unpublished document: Del Cook. ?. The Ancient Chapel of St. Margaret Helles.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 3 2024 3:57PM