Monument record MWX43587 - Cropmarks near the Green Wall, Sandwich

Summary

Cropmarks of a parallel bank and ditch are visible by the Green Wall to the east of Sandwich. The features run for a total of c.250m between mapped sections of the Green Wall and may represent a previously unrecorded element of it.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 34404 58137 (273m by 127m)
Map sheet TR35NW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Cropmarks of a parallel bank and ditch are visible by the Green Wall to the east of Sandwich. The ditch lies c.10m north of the bank; both features follow a WSW-ENE course for c.200m before turning gradually southwards and running for a further c.50m aligned WNW-ESE. The features run between mapped sections of the Green Wall and no continuation of them is noted beyond these points. It is possible that this feature represents a previously unrecorded element of the Green Wall, a medieval feature relating to Sandwich's flood defences and water management.

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [2].


<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<2> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 (3)

  • <2> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <2> 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

Sep 30 2013 9:48AM