Monument record MWX43256 - Possible flood bank, Monkton - Minster Marshes

Summary

A substantial bank is visible as a mixture of earthworks and cropmarks north of the River Stour on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs. It appears to have been fully plough-levelled by the 1960s as aerial photographs of this date show the whole feature as a cropmark. The bank springs out from the northern side of a field drain, defined to its south by the "Sea Wall" bank, and runs for a total of 680m following a sinuous course roughly parallel to the field drain and Sea Wall. The bank appears to predate the current field layout as it is cut several times by ditches belonging to this system. The bank may a former alignment of the Sea Wall and may be a reclamation or flood bank related to the reclamation of land from marsh in the Wantsum Channel during this period.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 29287 63321 (670m by 86m)
Map sheet TR26SE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish MINSTER, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1862-1875, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875 (Map). SWX11831.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<4> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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)

  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1862-1875. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875. 1:2500.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <4> 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 (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Aug 14 2013 4:01PM