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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 NW 1079
Type of record:Monument
Name:'V' shaped ditches, Leysdown-on-Sea

Summary

'V' shaped ditches with embankments on either side, wider end faces seafront, apex may enter into a pond. By Leysdown-on-Sea.

Grid Reference:TR 04547 69515
Map Sheet:TR06NW
Parish:LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • DITCH (Earlier than 1946, Unknown date)
  • SITE (Unknown date)

Full description

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'V' shaped ditches with embankments on either side, wider end faces seafront, apex may enter into a pond. Photographs (1-6).. The ditches still appear to be there. Each V consists of what looks like 2 different ditches, they are quite overgrown and are full of freshwater reeds. Suggesting they are mostly flooded. (7)


<1> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10210.

<2> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10209.

<3> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9947.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9593.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9503.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9450.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3265. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3263. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 66. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4168. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3075. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3003. print.
<7>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.