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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NE 1147 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The site of a former 19th - 20th century sheep wash recorded as Westfield Pounds |
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Summary
The site of a former 19th - 20th century sheep wash recorded as Westfield Pounds on historic Ordnance Survey maps (1st epoch (1879) - 4th epoch (1938) ). The pound was located in the Grain Marshes where two small creeks meet. The pound comprised a building with several fenced-off enclosures. This was site was recorded during the course of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5879 1771 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ51NE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BUILDING (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 1932 AD)
- SHEEP WASH (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 1932 AD)
Full description
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The site of a former 19th - 20th century sheep wash recorded as Westfield Pound on historic Ordnance Survey maps (1st epoch (1879) - 4th epoch (1938) ). The pound was located in the Grain Marshes where two small creeks meet. The pound comprised a building with several fenced-off enclosures. This was site was recorded during the course of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (1-4)
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.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF 106G/UK/1444 4015 01-MAY-1946. NMR RAF 106G/UK/1444 4015 01-MAY-1946. |
| <2> | Map: Ordinance Survey. 1879. Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 1, 1:2500 1879. |
| <3> | Map: Ordinance Survey. 1896. Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 2, 1:2500 1896. |
| <4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1908. Ordnance Survey Kent 1:2500 1908. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1938. |
