Farmstead record TQ 77 NE 1304 - Sheepfold north west of Willow Wick

Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on one side
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Farmstead completely demolished
Notes: Sheepfold
(1-2)

A post medieval sheepfold is depicted on the 1894 Ordnance Survey map on marshland near the coast east of Cliffe Fleet, centred on TQ 7515 7873. This sheepfold was within a small field defined by drainage ditches and a fence or wall on the northern side. Although still visible on aerial photographs taken in 1970 the building has since been demolished. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (3-4)

<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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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, 1894, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map, 1894 (Map). SKE57249.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1970, OS/70298 20-21 14-AUG-1970 (Photograph). SKE58568.