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Monument details

HER Number:MWX43715
Type of record:Monument
Name:Former field boundary, Worth

Summary

Former field boundary seen as a ditch of unknown date, visible in 1945, located in Worth. This ditch was extant on the 1945 photography, but was not visible on historic OS mapping dated to 1899, 1908 or 1938 and was only partially visible on 1877 mapping. The boundary was cut by the Minster and Deal branch of the South Eastern Railway. The site was no longer visible in 2003.


Grid Reference:TR 34758 56553
Map Sheet:TR35NW
Parish:WORTH, DOVER, KENT

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Former field boundary seen as a ditch of unknown date, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945 [1], located in Worth. This ditch was extant on the 1945 photography, but was not visible on historic OS mapping dated to 1899, 1908 or 1938 [2, 3 and 4] and was only partially visible on 1877 [5] historic OS mapping. The boundary was cut by the Minster and Deal branch of the South Eastern Railway. The site was no longer visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [6].

Located 220m to the ENE was a former field boundary (MWX43715) and 112m to the SE was another former field boundary (MWX43712).

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.


<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898, 1899/1:2500 (Map). SWX11832.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912, 1908/1:2500 (Map). SWX11833.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, 1938/1:2500 (Map). Ske12644.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.

<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. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. 1899/1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. 1908/1:2500.
<4>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. 1938/1:2500.
<5>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500.
<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.