Monument record MKE127465 - ?Dew pond (or sole pond), visible on 2nd edition map only

Dew pond (or sole pond), visible on 2nd edition map only. Recorded during 2024 Kent Downs National Landscape Historic Ponds project.
Preservation:Pond on historic maps but not visible on current OS (ghost pond)
Pond shape:Circular/oval
Site type: Dew pond (or sole pond)
Description: Perfectly circular pond seen from 2nd edition OS. Small faint section seen on 1m LiDAR.
Recorded date: 27/11/2024 (1)

A borehole survey was carried out at the site in 2025 in advance of proposed restoration works. Two boreholes were drilled at the middle pond. These were drilled to 0.37-0.38m in depth; both recorded layers of colluvium, one borehole producing evidence for artefactual inclusions (fire cracked flint and a piece of worked flint) within the colluvium. This is indicative of possible nearby prehistoric activity. The relatively shallow depths of the boreholes was a result of stones restricting the depth of the boreholes.
The lack of water lain sediments may indicate that this was a natural landscape feature which did not form a pond, or could be a result of colluvial processes removing an pond sediments. (2)

<1> Kent Downs AONB Unit, 2025, Historic Ponds Project dataset (Digital archive). SKE58454.

<2> Archaeology South - East, 2025, A Geoarchaeological hand auger survey for the Kent Downs Heritage Ponds Project, Kent: Initial Report (Unpublished document). SKE58660.