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Monument record TQ 55 SE 124 - PILGRIM's WAY / NORTH DOWNS WAY
Summary
Prehistoric trackway following the ridge of the North Downs escarpment. For much of its course it is followed by a parallel trackway at the foot of the scarp, traditionally associated with a pilgrim route to Canterbury. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
Summary from record TQ 85 SW 310:
The Pilgrims Way trackway is the route taken by pilgrims to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, from Winchester in Hampshire. Becket's shrine was seen as the most important in the country during the medieval period after his canonization in 1173, and Winchester was formerly the early medieval capital of England and an important religious centre. The route closely follows a pre-existing ancient trackway, and today much of the north downs way parallels the pilgrims way.
Location
Grid reference | Centred TQ 5584 5331 (151685m by 31313m) Accurate in Source |
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Map sheet | TQ55SE |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | BOUGHTON ALUPH, ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | BRABOURNE, ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | CHARING, ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | EASTWELL, ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | HASTINGLEIGH, ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | WESTWELL, ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | WYE WITH HINXHILL, ASHFORD, KENT |
District | MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | BOXLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | DETLING, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | HARRIETSHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | HOLLINGBOURNE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | THURNHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | CUXTON, MEDWAY, KENT |
Civil Parish | HALLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
Civil Parish | BRASTED, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | CHEVENING, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | DUNTON GREEN, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | KEMSING, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | OTFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | SUNDRIDGE WITH IDE HILL, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | WESTERHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | MONKS HORTON, SHEPWAY, KENT |
Civil Parish | NEWINGTON, SHEPWAY, KENT |
Civil Parish | POSTLING, SHEPWAY, KENT |
Civil Parish | SALTWOOD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
Civil Parish | AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | BIRLING, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | BURHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | RYARSH, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | SNODLAND, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | TROTTISCLIFFE, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | WOULDHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | WROTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The Prehistoric Landscape at White Horse Stone, Aylesford, Kent: CTRL Integrated Site Report Series (Unpublished document). SKE16368.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE16368 Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. The Prehistoric Landscape at White Horse Stone, Aylesford, Kent: CTRL Integrated Site Report Series.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Intrusive Event: Excavation around the White Horse Stone site along the CTRL line (EKE10645)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Farmstead Survey, Sevenoaks, Westerham, Bestomhill farm (Ref: KFS-000056) (EKE13854)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Farmstead Survey, Shepway, Stowting, Stowting court (Ref: KFS-000041) (EKE13859)
Record last edited
Jun 21 2024 2:38PM