Monument record MWX43291 - Linear banks and numerous shallow ditches, Fleming Valley

Summary

Two linear banks and numerous shallow ditches are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The features cover and area 610m (N-S) x 500 (E-W) and appear to mark lost sub-divisions of the field system shown on the historic Ordnance Survey mapping of the area. These field systems are derived from fields developed following land reclamation from the Wantsum Channel and surrounding marshes between the 11th and 18th centuries. Although the precise date is unclear, the regularity of field shapes and rectilinear nature of boundaries suggest that these elements may derive from the latter end of this period. A shallow circular earthwork, interpreted as a hay stack stance, is also visible within one of the fields in the east of the area on the 1940s photographs. The features appear to have been plough-levelled by the 1960s as Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photography of this date shows them as cropmarks.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 29098 62222 (646m by 689m)
Map sheet TR26SE
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish ASH, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography (Archive). SKE57110.

<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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.

<5> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography (Archive). SKE57110.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography.
  • <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 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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.
  • <5> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Sep 26 2024 3:21PM