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Monument details
HER Number: | MWX43359 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Hay stack stance, Ash Levels |
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Summary
A shallow circular earthwork, interpreted as a hay stack stance, is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. It appears to have been plough-levelled by the 1960s as aerial photographs of this date show it as a cropmark.
Grid Reference: | TR 31380 62558 |
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Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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Parish: | ASH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- STACK STAND (Unknown date)
Full description
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A shallow circular earthwork is visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The mound measures 9m in diameter and is interpreted as a hay stack stance, a mound for the drying and storage of hay in the damp environment of a riverside meadow. It appears to have been plough-levelled by the 1960s as Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photographs of this date show it as a cropmark [2]. Similar features have been recorded across the floor of the Stour Valley between Upstreet and the coast and this part of the valley has a particularly dense concentration (see Related Monuments). They appear to represent an integral part of the medieval or post-medieval farming landscape in this area.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <3> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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. |
<3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
<3> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
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