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Monument details

HER Number:TR 24 NW 85
Type of record:Monument
Name:Park pale, eastern boundary of Park Wood

Summary

Park pale, eastern boundary of Park Wood.


Grid Reference:TR 2350 4547
Map Sheet:TR24NW
Parish:DENTON WITH WOOTTON, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • PARK PALE (EARTHWORK, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval park pale, eastern boundary of Park Wood, Denton

Full description

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An artificial terrace of medieval or post medieval date detected during field survey 1991. The alignment could suggest it to be part of a park pale. (1)

In 1991 an assessment of the A260 Hawkinge to Denton by-pass and as part of that field walking was done. A park pale was observed as the eastern boundary of Park Wood. It is an artifical terrace. (2)


<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, canterbury Arch trust 1991 A260 Hawkinge-Denton Field Survey (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1991, A260 Hawkinge to Denton By-Pass: Initial Archaeological Field Survey (Unpublished document). SKE17210.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. canterbury Arch trust 1991 A260 Hawkinge-Denton Field Survey.
<2>Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1991. A260 Hawkinge to Denton By-Pass: Initial Archaeological Field Survey.