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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 SE 314 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | 'The Serpentine', a boundary of Goodnestone Park |
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Summary
A bank with a ditch that forms the north west boundary of Goodnestone Park. It is also the boundary between the parishes of Goodnestone and Wingham. A walk was created along the bank and the name probably derives from the sinuous path this took.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2500 5470 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25SE |
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| Parish: | GOODNESTONE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BOUNDARY BANK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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A bank with a ditch that forms the north west boundary of Goodnestone Park. It is also the boundary between the parishes of Goodnestone and Wingham, these parishes were divided in 1284. A walk was created along the bank and the name probably derives from the sinuous path this took (1).
<1> Nicola Bannister, 2001, Goodnestone Park and Estate: Heritage Landscape Management Plan (Unpublished document). SKE15949.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 2001. Goodnestone Park and Estate: Heritage Landscape Management Plan. |
