Monument record MWX43058 - Possible enclosures on Christ Church College playing field, Fordwich

Summary

Two small rectangular enclosures are visible as a faint cropmark on 1946 aerial photographs, date and function unclear. May be related to linear ditch recorded as a cropmark 40m to SE (MWX43057).

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 18609 59258 (37m by 21m)
Map sheet TR15NE
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (0)

Full Description

Two small rectangular enclosures are visible as faint cropmarks on 1946 aerial photographs [1]. Both enclosures appear to be composed of an unbroken narrow ditch, measuring 10m x 7m externally with long axes aligned WNW-ENE. They lie 10m apart.

The date of the features is unclear, but it is possible that they represent small enclosures or rectilinear buildings.

The enclosures may be related to a linear ditch recorded as a cropmark 40m to SE (MWX43057).

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [2].


<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<2> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <2> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <2> Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Aug 13 2013 12:15PM