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Monument details
HER Number: | MWX43587 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Cropmarks near the Green Wall, Sandwich |
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Summary
Cropmarks of a parallel bank and ditch are visible by the Green Wall to the east of Sandwich. The features run for a total of c.250m between mapped sections of the Green Wall and may represent a previously unrecorded element of it.
Grid Reference: | TR 34404 58137 |
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Map Sheet: | TR35NW |
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Parish: | SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FLOOD DEFENCES? (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Cropmarks of a parallel bank and ditch are visible by the Green Wall to the east of Sandwich. The ditch lies c.10m north of the bank; both features follow a WSW-ENE course for c.200m before turning gradually southwards and running for a further c.50m aligned WNW-ESE. The features run between mapped sections of the Green Wall and no continuation of them is noted beyond these points. It is possible that this feature represents a previously unrecorded element of the Green Wall, a medieval feature relating to Sandwich's flood defences and water management.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [2].
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<2> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <2> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. |
<2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
<2> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |