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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 NE 104 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Park Pale, Cobham Park |
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Summary
The remains of a Park Pale, Cobham Park, recorded during the excavation works for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 1998.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6807 6959 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66NE |
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| Parish: | COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PARK PALE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
Full description
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The remains of a Park Pale which showed two phases. The first was a ditch 3m wide with a 'U' shaped profile with a 3m wide bank to the south. The second phase consisted of a 'U' shaped ditch profile 8m wide situated immediately to the north of the original ditch, with a large bank c. 10m wide to the south. The side of the phase of the ditch where it joined the bank had been revetted with blocks of chalk. (1)
CgMs Consulting, May 2004, Archaeological Desk Based Assesment of Land at Stuart Road, Gravesend, Kent (Unpublished document). SWX12856.
<1> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2001, CTRL Area 330 (Zone 5) Cobham Golf Course (ARC CGC 98) Post-excavation report (Unpublished document). SWX12851.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: CgMs Consulting. May 2004. Archaeological Desk Based Assesment of Land at Stuart Road, Gravesend, Kent. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 2001. CTRL Area 330 (Zone 5) Cobham Golf Course (ARC CGC 98) Post-excavation report. |
