Monument record TQ 57 NE 103 - The Western Mound, Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent

Summary

The Western Mound was a landscape feature within Ingress Park, which probably dates to the nineteenth century.

Location

Grid reference TQ 59241 75025 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet TQ57NE
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Referred to as the Western Tudor Mound, the modern redevelopment initially intended to remove the mound. Once the vegetation had been cut back it became clear that the mound was composed of loose gravels and chalk and was too dangerous to investigate archaeologically. In the final development plan however, the Mound was included as a landscape feature, that would not be archaeologically impacted upon. The report concludes that there is no evidence to date it to the Tudor period and that it was had probably formed as a result of the stockpiling of soil from quarrying, or even terracing for the current Abbey building of 1833 [1].


<1> AOC Archaeology Group, 2004, Results Of Archaeological Excavation And Recording At Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12239.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology Group. 2004. Results Of Archaeological Excavation And Recording At Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (5)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Field Survey at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe (EKE8549)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic Landscape Assessment at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe (EKE8548)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Report on historical survey at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe (EKE8551)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Report on history of landscape at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe (EKE8550)
  • Intrusive Event: Results of Archaeological Excavation and Recording at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent. (Ref: INGA 99) (EKE8547)

Record last edited

Aug 5 2013 11:48AM