Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

The site of a former 19th - 20th century sheep fold known as Buck's Pounds which was recorded on historic Ordnance Survey maps (1st epoch (1879) - 4th epoch (1938) ). The pound was located in Grain Marshes where two small creeks meet. The pound comprised a building with a fenced off enclosure. This was site was recorded during the course of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.

Monument Types

• SHEEP FOLD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 1932 AD)
• BUILDING (Modern - 1901 AD to 1932 AD)

Full description

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The site of a former 19th - 20th century sheep fold known as Buck's Pounds which was recorded on historic Ordnance Survey maps (1st epoch (1879) - 4th epoch (1938) ). The pound was located at TQ 8700 7758 in Grain Marshes where two small creeks meet. The pound comprised a building with a fenced off enclosure. Photographs taken in 1946 show the foundations of three possible buildings and the attached compound could be seen.This was site was recorded during the course of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(1-5)

Archive: MD003096 Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: TQ 87 N E Material still held by Aerial Survey.

<1> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF 106G/UK/1444 4015 01-MAY-1946 (Photograph). SKE55968.

<2> Ordinance Survey, 1879, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 1, 1:2500 1879 (Map). SKE55861.

<3> Ordinance Survey, 1896, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 2, 1:2500 1896 (Map). SKE55862.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1908, Ordnance Survey Kent 1:2500 1908 (Map). SKE55927.

<5> OS 25" 1938 (OS Card Reference). SKE48265.

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