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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 85 SW 340
Type of record:Monument
Name:Probable earthwork feature, Leeds Castle estate

Summary

A roughly cross-shaped feature can be seen at the south end of the Great Water at Leeds Castle. The feature, which can be seen in Lidar data and perhaps on the 1946/7 aerial photograph is c. 75m north-south and the same east-west. Its function is unknown


Grid Reference:TQ 8370 5272
Map Sheet:TQ85SW
Parish:BROOMFIELD AND KINGSWOOD, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • EARTHWORK? (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 2050 AD?)

Full description

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A roughly cross-shaped feature can be seen at the south end of the Great Water at Leeds Castle. The feature, which can be seen in Lidar data and perhaps on the 1946/7 aerial photograph is c. 75m north-south and the same east-west. Its function is unknown (1, 2)


<1> Royal Air Force, 1946 -47, Aerial Photographic Survey of Kent 1946 -7 (Photograph (Print)). SKE12507.

<2> Kent Downs AONB Unit, 2023, kentlidar.org.uk (Website). SKE55599.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Photograph (Print): Royal Air Force. 1946 -47. Aerial Photographic Survey of Kent 1946 -7. 3116 Run 7. Black and White.
<2>Website: Kent Downs AONB Unit. 2023. kentlidar.org.uk.