Monument record MWX43175 - Hay stack stance, Stourmouth Valley
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 26403 63548 (11m by 11m) |
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Map sheet | TR26SE |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | STOURMOUTH, DOVER, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A shallow circular earthwork, 6m in diameter, is visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. This is interpreted as a hay stack stance, a mound for the dry storage of hay in the damp environment of a riverside meadow. Examination of modern aerial photographs does not show conclusively whether it still exists as an earthwork [2]. Similar features have been recorded across the floor of the Stour Valley between Upstreet and the coast, see Related Monuments. They appear to represent an integral part of the medieval or post-medieval farming landscape in this area.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<2> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 (4)
- <2> SWX15704 Graphic material: Google Earth.
- <3> SKE25954 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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.
- <3> SKE25955 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
- <3> SWX15705 Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (13)
- Parent of: Hay stack stance, Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43176)
- Parent of: Hay stack stance, Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43177)
- Part of: Hay stack stance, Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43166)
- Part of: Hay stack stance, Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43167)
- Part of: Hay stack stance, Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43168)
- Part of: Hay stack stance, Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43169)
- Part of: hay stack stance, Wickhambreaux Valley (Monument) (MWX43128)
- Part of: Hay stack stance, Wickhambreaux Valley (Monument) (MWX43111)
- Part of: Hay stack stance, Wickhambreaux Valley (Monument) (MWX43113)
- Part of: Hay stack stance, Wickhambreaux Valley (Monument) (MWX43129)
- Part of: Hay stack stance, Wickhambreaux Valley (Monument) (MWX43130)
- Part of: Hay stack stance, Wickhambreaux Valley (Monument) (MWX43131)
- Part of: Hay stack stances, Wickhambreaux Valley (Monument) (MWX43114)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)
Record last edited
Jul 22 2024 10:31AM