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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 NE 30 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | undated earthworks |
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Summary
Earthworks described as ancient fortifications documented within an area known as Swaines Down, a name which is of Danish origin. The earthworks are no longer visible and the area is now an orchard.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 883 680 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86NE |
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| Parish: | IWADE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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"The name of Swainesdown in this Parish [Iwade] is plainly of Danish origin, and there are still the vestigia of some ancient fortifications or works thrown up on it". (1) Swains Down (a), centred TQ 883681, is now an orchard with no trace of earthworks.. (2)
<1> Hist. of Kent. 2. 1782 p.641 (E. Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE44069.
<2> Tithe Iwade (1842) (OS Card Reference). SKE50569.
<3> F1 ASP 09-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42014.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 30 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4549.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Hist. of Kent. 2. 1782 p.641 (E. Hasted). [Mapped feature: #29652 earthworks, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Tithe Iwade (1842). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 09-JUL-63. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 30 - July, 1963. |
