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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 NW 1018
Type of record:Monument
Name:Horse shoe-shaped enclosure, Stoke Marshes

Summary

An enclosure, south of Stoke Marshes marked on the Ordnance Survey historic maps (1858-1940). Also visible in aerial photographs taken shortly after the second World War. Not identified during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology in 2004.

Grid Reference:TQ 84486 75455
Map Sheet:TQ87NW
Parish:STOKE, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1870 AD to 1930 AD (pre))

Full description

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Enclosure, marked as a feature on 1st-3rd ed OS (1,2,3). Photographs (4-6). No visible remains in 2004, although the area of the enclosure is waterfilled and marshy, with extensive reed cover. (7)


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9561.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9560.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9552.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4034. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4032. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4012. print.
<7>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.