Monument record TQ 83 SW 263 - Site of Owlers Farm, Woodside Farm, Benenden

Summary

Owlers Farm is a deserted C15 or C16 farmstead located by an old routeway running south from the main east west ridge on which the village of Benenden is sited. No above ground evidence for the farm remains. However, a geophysical survey revealed features including the remains of buildings, an industrial area and field systems. Lynchets, quarries, and lost field boundaries were noted during field walking, also in 2016

Location

Grid reference TQ 8129 3238 (point)
Map sheet TQ83SW
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish BENENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

From the geophysical survey report of 2016: "The survey at Owlers Farm identified a number of features including the possible site of the farmstead, industrial activity and suggestions of a field system of unknown date, pre dating the 1839 Tithe Map. The fences/hedges/boundaries indicated in the centre of the site on the 1839 Tithe Map with the exception of a short length of field boundary to the south of the farmstead area have not been identified on the magnetometer results which is suggests that these features have been lost due to agricultural activity in modern times." (1)

Also noted alongside lynchets, quarries, and lost field boundaries by a historic landscape survey surrounding Woodside Farm, also in 2016. (2).


<1> Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group, 2016, Woodside Farm, Benenden: Site Magnetometer Report
BENENDEN
Woodside Farm, Beneden: Site Magnetometer Report
(Unpublished document). SKE31812.

<2> High Weald AONB Unit, 2016, Case study report: Woodside Farm by footpath: Field Systems in the Weald Project (Unpublished document). SKE31801.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group. 2016. Woodside Farm, Benenden: Site Magnetometer Report BENENDEN Woodside Farm, Beneden: Site Magnetometer Report.
  • <2> Unpublished document: High Weald AONB Unit. 2016. Case study report: Woodside Farm by footpath: Field Systems in the Weald Project.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic Landscape Walkover Survey: Woodside Farm, 2016 (EKE15627)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Woodside Farm, Benenden: Site Magnetometer Report (Ref: WOODBEN1) (EKE15635)

Record last edited

Feb 23 2017 3:24PM