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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 66 NE 87
Type of record:Monument
Name:Lynchet, Shorne Wood Country Park

Summary

A lynchet bank identified during field survey work in 2004, possibly forming part of a former trackway


Grid Reference:TQ 6861 6984
Map Sheet:TQ66NE
Parish:SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • LYNCHET (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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A lynchet bank forming a narrow terrace c. 50m in length and c. 2m wide orientated NE - SW [1]. It is suggested that monuments TQ 66 NE 77, TQ 66 NE 87 & TQ 67 SE 272 are possibly the extant remains of one bank/trackway. On this basis, these three section have been assigned separate monument records and related as a contemporary complex. [1]


<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2005, Shorne Wood Country Park (Unpublished document). SWX12846.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2005. Shorne Wood Country Park.

Related records

TQ 67 SE 272Parent of: Curving Lynchet Bank, Brewers Wood (Monument)
TQ 66 NE 77Part of: Lynchet Bank, Brewers Wood (Monument)
TQ 66 NE 224Part of: Shorne Wood Country Park (Place)