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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 54 NW 6 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible prospect mound at the mount |
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Summary
Circular mound, possibly an ornamental feature
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5071 4934 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ54NW |
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| Parish: | CHIDDINGSTONE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MOUND (MOUND, Unknown date)
- PROSPECT MOUND (PROSPECT MOUND, Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: The Mount. Probable post-medieval landscape feature, north of Bore Place |
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Full description
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[TQ 50724934] The Mount [T.I.](1)
[Circular mound published.] A sub-circular artificial clay mound, apparently undisturbed, 20m x 18m x 2.2m high, situated just below the highest part of a ridge and covered with trees and bushes. It has a large pit close by which may by connected, but is certainly of some antiquity and interest as it stands in 'Mount Field' Its nature is doubtful. Published 1/2500 survey correct. (2)
Survey in 1984 suggested the site was either a landscape feature or small Norman motte. (5)
Sample excavations were undertaken in 1985. The Mount is 2m high and stands on a natural clay ridge. It is unlikely to be a motte or post-mill, and seems likely to be an ornamental landscape feature, possibly 17th - 18th century in date. (6)
further informaion (7)
<1> OS 6" Prov Edn 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48393.
<2> Tithe Map of Chiddingstone 1838 (OS Card Reference). SKE50590.
<3> F1 ASP 21-DEC-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42218.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 54 NW 6 - December, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2723.
<5> P Drewett, 1985, Sample Excavations of the Mount and Warren, Bore Place, Kent, 1985 (Unpublished document). SKE6718.
<6> Inf. Peter Drewett, Institue of Arch, UCL (AM 107 record sheet) (OS Card Reference). SKE44405.
<7> Institute of Archaeology Field Unit, 1984, Bore Place: The development of a Wealden Landscape (Unpublished document). SWX6841.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" Prov Edn 1961. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Tithe Map of Chiddingstone 1838. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 21-DEC-62. |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 54 NW 6 - December, 1962. [Mapped feature: #18836 Mound, ] |
| <5> | Unpublished document: P Drewett. 1985. Sample Excavations of the Mount and Warren, Bore Place, Kent, 1985. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: Inf. Peter Drewett, Institue of Arch, UCL (AM 107 record sheet). |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Institute of Archaeology Field Unit. 1984. Bore Place: The development of a Wealden Landscape. |
Related records
| TQ 54 NW 22 | Part of: Buried landsurface, including Roman pottery, The Mount (Findspot) |
