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HER Number: | MWX43335 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
Name: | Haystack stance, Minster Marshes |
A shallow circular earthwork, interpreted as a hay stack stance, is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. Examination of modern aerial photographs suggests it has been plough levelled.
Grid Reference: | TR 30732 62903 |
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Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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A shallow circular earthwork is visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The mound measures c.6m 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. Examination of modern aerial photography suggests that it has been plough levelled as no earthwork is visible at this location on these photographs [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].
<2> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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.
Cross-ref. | Source description |
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<2> | Graphic material: Google Earth. |
<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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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. |
MWX43289 | Parent of: Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43290 | Parent of: Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43296 | Parent of: Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43298 | Parent of: Hay stack stances and a bank, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43281 | Parent of: Hay stack stances and possible flood bank, south of River Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43302 | Parent of: Hay stack stances and ridge and furrow, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43237 | Parent of: Hay stack stances south of the River Stour (Monument) |
MWX43238 | Parent of: Hay stack stances south of the River Stour (Monument) |
MWX43287 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, east of Corner Drove, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43288 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, east of Corner Drove, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43278 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43294 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43295 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43297 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43299 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43300 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
MWX43325 | Parent of: Haystack stance, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43334 | Parent of: Haystack stance, Minster Marshes (Monument) |
MWX43333 | Parent of: Haystack stances and a ditch, south of the Stour (Monument) |
MWX43323 | Parent of: Haystack stances, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43324 | Parent of: Haystack stances, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43348 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43349 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43350 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43352 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43356 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43357 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43358 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43359 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43360 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43362 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43363 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43364 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43365 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
MWX43351 | Part of: Hay stack stances, Ash Levels (Monument) |