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Monument details

HER Number:MKE88516
Type of record:Farmstead
Name:Sheepfold on Cliffe Marsh

Summary

The site of a 19th - 20th century sheepfold recorded on historic and modern Ordnance Survey maps. The map sources depict at least on small building with a fenced off area at the entrances of three adjacent fields. This was recorded during the course of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.


Grid Reference:TQ 7305 7777
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SHEEP FOLD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Historic Sheepfold on Cliffe Marsh, 395m north-east of Boatrick House, Cliffe

Full description

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Type: Single
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: No apparent alteration
(1-2)

The site of a 19th - 20th century sheepfold recorded on historic and modern Ordnance Survey maps at TQ 7306 7777. The map sources depict at least on small building with a fenced off area at the entrances of three adjacent fields. This was recorded during the course of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (3-6)


<1> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.

<2> English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE18076.

<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

<4> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<5> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<6> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project.
<2>Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009. Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping.
<3>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
<4>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
<5>Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
<6>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.