Monument record TR 03 NE 21 - Mill pond and dam, Park wood

Summary

An earthen bank or dam cuts across a steep wooded valley in the northern part of Park Wood. Sixty metres long, this dam is still over 4 metres high in the middle, through which a small stream runs in a gap obviously intended for a sluice gate, with a similar gap 10 metres east of the first. A mill pond bay at TR 07283890 is 80.0m in length, with maximum height of 3.0m. There is a spill way at the eastern end with an original break, for the wheel, close by. Midway, a breach carries a small stream through. Since the water supply is local and of no great amount, and the pond would have been fairly small, the water mill may have been merely an alternative source of power supply to the nearby windmill (TR 03 NE 20).

Location

Grid reference TR 0727 3890 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR03NE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SMEETH, ASHFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> Arch Cant 82 1967 lii (J Bradshaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE35754.

<2> F1 ASP 14-NOV-1969 (OS Card Reference). SKE42104.

<3> Field report for monument TR 03 NE 21 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5093.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 82 1967 lii (J Bradshaw). [Mapped feature: #38231 pond bay, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-NOV-1969.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 03 NE 21 - November, 1969.

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2021 5:40PM