Farmstead record TQ 77 NW 1298 - The site of a former 19th - 20th century sheep fold

Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on one side
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Farmstead completely demolished
Notes: Sheepfold
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The site of a former 19th - 20th century sheep fold recorded at TQ 7265 7737 on historic OS maps of first, second and third epoch (1879-1908). It is no longer depicted on the fourth epoch OS map of 1939. The map sources depict at least one enclosed building located at the junction of three drainage ditches with access to three adjacent fields within the low-lying marsh. The location of the site and surrounding marsh has since been destroyed through clay quarrying for the local cement industry.(3-6)

<1> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.

<2> English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE18076.

<3> Ordinance Survey, 1879, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 1, 1:2500 1879 (Map). SKE55861.

<4> Ordinance Survey, 1896, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 2, 1:2500 1896 (Map). SKE55862.

<5> Ordinance Survey, 1908, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 3, 1:2500 1908 (Map). SKE55863.

<6> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive (Archive). SKE58561.