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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 SE 17 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Sarsen stones - non antiquity |
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Summary
Sarsen stones - non antiquity
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6556 6322 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66SE |
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| Parish: | MEOPHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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STONE CIRCLE [NR] Remains of (1) TQ 65576323 Sarsen-stones [NAT] (1-2) "Not a stone circle, A deep natural coombe which has formed a convenient dumping ground for large masses of sarsen boulders dragged off the neighbouring fields during ploughing. F.J. Bennett, in "Ightham, the story of a Kentish Village" first put forward the megalith idea, see his fanciful plan on p.48", as testified by the farmer at Harvel Hill Farm. (3) At Cockadam Shaw, Kent, a large collection of stones in a wood. [See AO/59/155/5] (4) Visited. A pile of sarsens at the bottom of a deep hollow. (5)
<1> OS 6" 1909 (OS Card Reference). SKE48324.
<2> OS 6" 1936 (OS Card Reference). SKE48337.
<3> Corr 6" (RF Jessup 1947) (OS Card Reference). SKE39279.
<4> Woolwich & Dist Ant S Ann Rep 13 1907 83 illust plan 81 (FC Elliston Erwood) (OS Card Reference). SKE51396.
<5> F1 CFW 28-AUG-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42795.
<6> Field report for monument TQ 66 SE 17 - August, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3565.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1909. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1936. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Corr 6" (RF Jessup 1947). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Woolwich & Dist Ant S Ann Rep 13 1907 83 illust plan 81 (FC Elliston Erwood). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 28-AUG-59. |
| <6>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 66 SE 17 - August, 1959. [Mapped feature: #15126 Stones, ] |
