Monument record MWX43366 - Enclosure and boundary features, Ash Levels

Summary

An enclosure and a boundary ditch are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. Examination of recent aerial photographs suggests that they still remain as earthworks. The enclosure is D-shaped in plan and defined by a ditch. A subrectangular platform lies within the enclosure and is abutted onto its northern side. The boundary ditch runs from the eastern corner of the enclosure; it is visible running for 260m aligned ESE-WN and stops at a stream. The features appear integrated with the field layout shown on historic Ordnance Survey mapping and probably represent previously unrecorded elements of this system. This field system is likely to be of medieval or post-medieval date and derive from land reclaimed from the Wantsum Channel.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 31282 62144 (303m by 75m)
Map sheet TR36SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish ASH, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

<2> Google Earth, viewed on 02/06/2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 (5)

  • <2> Graphic material: Google Earth. viewed on 02/06/2010.
  • <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 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Mar 29 2019 2:54PM