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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 95 SW 6 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Deneholes (sites of) |
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Summary
Deneholes (sites of) near Pivington Farm.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9250 5312 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ95SW |
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| Parish: | LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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| WICHLING, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DENE HOLE (DENE HOLE, Early Iron Age to Post Medieval - 800 BC? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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[Area TQ 924531] Slight hollows mark the positions of five deneholes in the field which is crossed by the parish boundary to the west of Warren Street and north of the road to Pivington Farm. Near the middle of the field to the west there are three pits, one of considerable depth. (1-2) Centred at TQ 92555308 are several slight circular depressions which may mark the sites of dene holes. One, more pronounced than the others, is at TQ 92565309. At TQ 92575306, are two adjoining deneholes, the shafts rubbish- blocked. The depressions are large and deep and filled with trees and bushes. A further pair in similar condition are in the next field at TQ 92415316. (Surveyed at 1/2500) 30.0m to the N. a published pit at TQ 92405320, 4.0m in diameter, may be the site if a further shaft. The farmer indicated the site of a filled-in denehole at TQ 92595319 (Surveyed at 1/1500). (3) The two Deneholes at TQ 92415316 are no longer extant. (4) (TQ 92425320) Denehole (NR) (TQ 92575306, TQ 92585306 and TQ 92595306) Deneholes (NR). (5) The area in which the deneholes occur has been converted to two large arable fields. There is now no trace of that at TQ 92415319, depicted on the OS 25' 1970 as a depression, or of those shown as siting symbols at TQ 92415317, TQ 92405316 and TQ 92594319. The three depressions at TQ 92565309, TQ 92575306 and TQ 92595306 are still traceable, their diameters approximately 11m to 15m but no more than 0.4m to O.5m deep. Survey revised at 1:2500. (6) Historic Englan archive material: MD002734 Quarter Sheet TQ 95 SW: Archaeological sites 6 and 17 (Dene Holes) Ordnance Survey map annotated in ink.MD002737 Quarter Sheet TQ 95 SW: Archaeological site 6(Dene Holes) and Dene Holes in the south-west corner of Eagles Wood Ordnance Survey map annotated with ink.
<1> VCH Kent 1 1908 448 (TV Holmes) (OS Card Reference). SKE50919.
<2> Trans Essex FC 4 1886 96 (TV Holmes) (OS Card Reference). SKE50653.
<3> F1 ASP 3-Jul-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42366.
<4> LS 25" (G Crerie) Feb 69 (OS Card Reference). SKE46196.
<5> OS 1:10000 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48156.
<6> F2 NVQ 22.10.86 (OS Card Reference). SKE43359.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 95 SW 6 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4834.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 95 SW 6 - October, 1986 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4835.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 448 (TV Holmes). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Trans Essex FC 4 1886 96 (TV Holmes). |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 3-Jul-63. [Mapped feature: #34597 Deneholes, ] |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: LS 25" (G Crerie) Feb 69. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1971. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: F2 NVQ 22.10.86. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 95 SW 6 - July, 1963. |
| <8> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 95 SW 6 - October, 1986. |
