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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 44 SE 3 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Moat or possible ox-bow |
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Summary
About a mile north-east of Cowden village there is a moated enclosure,one side of which was formed by a stream.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 4840 4093 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ44SE |
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| Parish: | COWDEN, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MOAT (MOAT, Unknown date)
Full description
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(TQ 48404095) Moat (NR) (1) About a mile north-east of Cowden village there is a moated enclosure,one side of which was formed by a stream, a feader of the Medway. Though less than 200 ft square, this was a place of considerable strength. (2) This is not a moat but an "ox-bow" isolated when the stream was diverted. (3) TQ 483409. The Moat Cowden is listed in the County checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979 (4) (TQ 48324092) Moat Farm (NAT) (5)
<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.
<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 426 (I C Gould) (OS Card Reference). SKE50893.
<3> F1 CFW 18.12.62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42618.
<4> Moated Site Res Gp Rep No 6 1979 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47232.
<5> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.
<6> Field report for monument TQ 44 SE 3 - December, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2657.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961. [Mapped feature: #31627 moat?, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 426 (I C Gould). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 18.12.62. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Moated Site Res Gp Rep No 6 1979 46. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1979. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 44 SE 3 - December, 1962. |
