Monument record TQ 57 SW 93 - Faesten Dic

Summary

Linear earthwork oriented north-south comprising a broad ditch and flanking bank. It may correspond to the Faesten Dic referred to in a Saxon boundary charter, possibly constructed between the 5th and 6th centuries. Excavation found a few pottery sherds of indeterminate date and a Medieval type horseshoe. It is likely that this surviving earthwork does not represent the original monument in its entirety

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 5033 7160 (501m by 1329m) GCE
Map sheet TQ57SW
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish WILMINGTON, DARTFORD, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1939 (OS Card Reference). SKE48359.

<2> OS Brit in the Dark Ages 1965 (OS Card Reference). SKE48402.

<3> Cartularium Saxonicum 1 No 346 (W de G Birch) (OS Card Reference). SKE38600.

<4> Arch Cant 54 1941 17-23 section plan fig 4 p 20 (AHA Hogg) (OS Card Reference). SKE35281.

<5> Ant J 14 1934 262-3 (REM Wheeler) (OS Card Reference). SKE33131.

<6> AMs Eng & Wales 1958 46 (MOW) (OS Card Reference). SKE33026.

<7> F1 AC 15-NOV-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41809.

<8> F2 ASP 18-SEP-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43132.

<9> DOE (IAM) SAMS 1988 Kent 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE40776.

<10> DOE (IAM) Record Form 1986 (OS Card Reference). SKE40740.

<11> Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 93 - November, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3197.

<12> Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 93 - September, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3198.

<13> PROFILE OF FAESTENDIC DYKE JOYDEN'S WOOD, CHISLEHURST AND SIDCUP (Photograph). SKE2576.

<14> Cambridgshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit, 1999, Joyden’s Wood, Bexley, Kent: An archaeological desk based survey & management plan (Unpublished document). SKE16015.

<15> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.

<16> Erik Grigg, 2012, Medieval Dykes in Surrey and Kent [extract from PhD research] (Unpublished document). SKE17208.

<17> English Heritage, 2000, RCHME/English Heritage Pilot Survey of Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Earthworks at St Radegunds Abbey and Faesten Dic, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17430.

<18> RCHME, 1999, RCHME: SAMs Pilot Project (Archive). SKE53545.

Sources/Archives (18)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1939.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: OS Brit in the Dark Ages 1965.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Cartularium Saxonicum 1 No 346 (W de G Birch).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 54 1941 17-23 section plan fig 4 p 20 (AHA Hogg).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Ant J 14 1934 262-3 (REM Wheeler).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: AMs Eng & Wales 1958 46 (MOW).
  • <7> OS Card Reference: F1 AC 15-NOV-59.
  • <8> OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 18-SEP-64.
  • <9> OS Card Reference: DOE (IAM) SAMS 1988 Kent 6.
  • <10> OS Card Reference: DOE (IAM) Record Form 1986.
  • <11> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 93 - November, 1959.
  • <12> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 93 - September, 1964.
  • <13> Photograph: PROFILE OF FAESTENDIC DYKE JOYDEN'S WOOD, CHISLEHURST AND SIDCUP. OS59/F217/8. Black and White. Negative.
  • <14> Unpublished document: Cambridgshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit. 1999. Joyden’s Wood, Bexley, Kent: An archaeological desk based survey & management plan.
  • <15> Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments.
  • <16> Unpublished document: Erik Grigg. 2012. Medieval Dykes in Surrey and Kent [extract from PhD research].
  • <17> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2000. RCHME/English Heritage Pilot Survey of Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Earthworks at St Radegunds Abbey and Faesten Dic, Kent.
  • <18> Archive: RCHME. 1999. RCHME: SAMs Pilot Project.

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: A desk based assessment on Joyden's Wood (EKE10356)
  • Intrusive Event: JOYDENS WOOD (Ref: EI 21290) (EKE4409)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME National SAMs Survey Pilot Project (EKE19936)

Record last edited

Oct 16 2020 2:17PM