Monument record MWX43373 - Boundary features and possible flood bank, east of Minster Sluice, River Stour

Summary

A number of linear features, comprising a bank system, a possible flood bank and a further boundary feature, are visible as earthworks on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs. Examination of recent aerial photographs indicates that these features have been partially levelled by ploughing. The bank system lies at the western end of the recorded area and consists of two integrated banks; one is likely to be flood bank of medieval or post-medieval in date, the other appears to define an unmapped subdivision of a field mapped on historic Ordnance Survey mapping. The possible flood bank lies to the east of this system and runs c. NW-SE for 360m. It may represent a continuation of a possible medieval or earlier post-medieval flood bank recorded as MWX43344 to the east. A further ditch lies at the eastern end of this feature but the relationship between the two is unclear. It is not shown on any historic Ordnance Survey mapping but is likely to represent a previously unrecorded element of the present field layout, itself of probable late post-medieval date.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 31977 62557 (392m by 285m)
Map sheet TR36SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish ASH, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

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

<3> Google Earth, viewed on 02/06/2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1862-1875. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875. 1:2500.
  • <3> Graphic material: Google Earth. viewed on 02/06/2010.
  • <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 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 19 2013 12:35PM