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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 SW 187
Type of record:Monument
Name:Rectangular earthwork enclosures, Faversham

Summary

Along the west bank of Iron Wharf (the east bank of Faversham Creek) is a series of rectangular earthworks enclosures. These are possibly the remains of brickworks washbacks from the early 19th century.


Grid Reference:TR 0223 6201
Map Sheet:TR06SW
Parish:FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • EARTHWORK (Post Medieval - 1830 AD? to 1900 AD)

Full description

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Series of rectangular earthwork enclosures along W bank of Iron Wharf nr Faversham, possibly remains of brickworks washbacks and therefore likely of C 19 date. Not marked on OS maps that feature the adjacent Abbey Fields brickfields complex, may preceed it.Site photographs (1-4).


<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9546.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9547.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9615.

<4> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11424.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3264. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3265. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4268. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TR0262/1. print.