Monument record MWX43328 - Boundary feature, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels

Summary

A substantial ditch is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photography. It is c.10m wide and runs through multiple fields for a total of c.290m following a sinuous, generally E-W alignment. The ditch follows a markedly different alignment to the field systems, of probable late post-medieval date, shown on historic Ordnance Survey mapping and is also cut by an element of this system. The ditch is, therefore, likely to be of medieval or earlier post-medieval date and may relate to the reclamation of land from the Wantsum Channel during these periods.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 29768 62571 (292m by 84m)
Map sheet TR26SE
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish ASH, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1862-1875, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875 (Map). SWX11831.

<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1862-1875. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875. 1:2500.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <3> 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 15 2013 2:35PM