Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

A series of cropmarks visible on Google Earth 2017 aerial photographs, and to a lesser extent in the 1990 aerial photographs, probably relating to former landscaping of Waldershare Park. They consist of a parallel series of dots, probably the site of an avenue of trees, and two rows of cropmark clusters in triangular formations, probably also representing formal tree planting.

Monument Types

• SITE (Undated)
• TREE BELT? (Unknown date)

Full description

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A series of cropmarks visible on Google Earth 2017 aerial photographs (1), and to a lesser extent in the 1990 aerial photographs, probably relating to former landscaping of Waldershare Park. They consist of a parallel series of dots, probably the site of an avenue of trees, and two rows of cropmark clusters in triangular formations, probably also representing formal tree planting.

The northern twin-pair of parallel linear pit lines define a view from the east broad walk directly to and central with the main east facade of the Waldershare House.

The line of triangular pits also relate to design lines within the park, as a group they would have almost perfectly framed a view from the junction of the eastern broad walk looking west-south-west through 'the wilderness' towards the Belvedere. Although tree-growth has encroached upon the avenue through the wilderness you can still make out the broad alignment on the aerial views.

A second parallel series of dots to the south-west appears to relate to an old field boundary, visible on 4th edition OS map (2) and 1960 aerial photographs on Google Earth (1).

<1> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

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