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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 13 SW 31 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Field system in Leese field, Botolphs Bridge |
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Summary
Medieval Field System and flood dyke in Leese Field nr Botolphs Bridge, Romney Marsh
| Grid Reference: | TR 123 332 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13SW |
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| Parish: | HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval Field system in Leese field, Botolphs Bridge |
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Full description
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Substantial earthwork ditch running E-W with others running S from it. Land parcels called Leese field known from C13 and these earthworks suggested to be remains of medieval field system. On the N side of ther main E-W field system earthwork is a slightly elevated bank c350m long which is broken in two places. This embankment is associated with the final course of the Limen and was probably constructed as a flood defence in the late Saxon period. Charters confirm the presence of the Limen in the C8th. (1) Designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 1999 - for associated text see record KE15489 (2)
English Heritage, 1965, Dover Castle (Scheduling record). SKE6594.
English Heritage, 1965, Dover Castle (Scheduling record). SKe6594.
Eddison, J., 1992, A Report on the Archaeological Implications of the Proposed By-Passes for St. Mary's Bay & Dymchurch, J Eddison 1992 Arch Implications of A259 Dymchurch By Pass (RMRT) (Unpublished document). SKE6774.
Eddison, J., 1992, A Report on the Archaeological Implications of the Proposed By-Passes for St. Mary's Bay & Dymchurch, J Eddison 1992 Arch Implications of A259 Dymchurch By Pass (RMRT) (Unpublished document). SKe6774.
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Reeves, A `Romney Marsh Earthworks Survey' (SEAS 1996) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1965. Dover Castle. |
| --- | Unpublished document: Eddison, J.. 1992. A Report on the Archaeological Implications of the Proposed By-Passes for St. Mary's Bay & Dymchurch. J Eddison 1992 Arch Implications of A259 Dymchurch By Pass (RMRT). |
| <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Reeves, A `Romney Marsh Earthworks Survey' (SEAS 1996). |
