TQ 96 NW 62 - Decoy pond on Kemsley Marsh (infilled)

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Monument record TQ 96 NW 62 - Decoy pond on Kemsley Marsh (infilled)

Summary

Decoy Pond on Kemsley Marsh, long disused, now infilled and visible as a slight earthwork or crop mark

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Grid reference	TQ 9115 6730 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ96NW
Civil Parish	SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT
District	SWALE, KENT

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DECOY POND (Earlier than 1865, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full Description

Decoy Pond with approximately 50m square central pond and 4 pipes at corners. Apparently in use when marked on 1st ed Os (1865). Slight earthwork visible (though mostly filled in ) and cropmark. Later drainage channel cut through centre from NE to SW corners, probably in 1950s. (1-3), site photograph (4).

<1> KCC AP 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE45653.

<2> DC Eve Site Visit 1/3/1995 (OS Card Reference). SKE39684.

<3> 1st ED OS 1865 (OS Card Reference). SKE32746.

<4> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10384.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SKE45653 OS Card Reference: KCC AP 1961.
<2> SKE39684 OS Card Reference: DC Eve Site Visit 1/3/1995.
<3> SKE32746 OS Card Reference: 1st ED OS 1865.
<4> SWX10384 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 103. print.

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2018 4:41PM