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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43712 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former field boundary, Worth |
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Summary
Former field boundary visible as cropmarks of a curvilinear ditch with external banking, of unknown date, visible in 1945, located in Worth. This boundary was not visible on historic OS mapping dated to 1877, 1899, 1908 or 1938, so must pre-date 1876. The boundary was an internal ditch flanked by two banks. The feature was broken into two sections, approximately where it crossed a drainage ditch. The site was not visible in 2003.
| Grid Reference: | TR 35112 56581 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35NE |
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| Parish: | WORTH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Former field boundary visible as cropmarks of a curvilinear ditch with external banking, of unknown date, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945 [1], located in Worth. This boundary was not visible on historic OS mapping dated to 1876, 1899, 1908 or 1938 [2, 3, 4 and 5] so must pre-date 1877. The boundary ran for 150 x 8m and was an internal ditch flanked by two banks. The feature was broken into two sections, approximately where it crossed a drainage ditch. The site was not visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [6].
Located 100m to the N was a ditched former field boundary (MWX43713) and 112m to the NW was another ditched former field boundary (MWX43715).
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898, 1899/1:2500 (Map). SWX11832.
<4> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912, 1908/1:2500 (Map). SWX11833.
<5> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, 1938/1:2500 (Map). Ske12644.
<6> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3556 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500. |
| <3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. 1899/1:2500. |
| <4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. 1908/1:2500. |
| <5> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. 1938/1:2500. |
| <6> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3556 14-AUG-2003. |
