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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 NE 34 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Donkey Wheel |
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Summary
Donkey Wheel at St Margaret's at Cliffe
| Grid Reference: | TR 357 449 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SE |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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TR 360451. A Donkey Wheel at Townsend Farm 274m along a lane leading north east past the school in St Margaret's at Cliffe parish. The 4m diameter wheel is in a rather confined space but is in fair condition. It is a good example of the use of a wire carried under the wheel to act as a brake. (1)
Additional Info (2,3)
<1> Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 53 (A J Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44241.
<2> RPS Coulston, 1993, Proposed pipeline route A1 preliminary archaeological and ecological review of the proposed aligm't (Unpublished document). SKE6817.
<3> RPS, 1995, St Margarets, Cliffe, to Brickfield Cottages, Water Pipeline: Archaeological Monitoring Report (Unpublished document). SKE7105.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 53 (A J Haselfoot). [Mapped feature: #91633 donkey wheel, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: RPS Coulston. 1993. Proposed pipeline route A1 preliminary archaeological and ecological review of the proposed aligm't. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: RPS. 1995. St Margarets, Cliffe, to Brickfield Cottages, Water Pipeline: Archaeological Monitoring Report. |
