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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1562 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Woodland banks, Bigbury |
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Summary
A network of earthworks relating to woodland banks.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1131 5759 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | HARBLEDOWN AND ROUGH COMMON, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WOOD BANK (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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In 2008 Canterbury Archaeological Trust carried out an earthwork survey of Bigbury. A network of earthworks relating to woodland banks were found to the west of the hillfort. These probably relate to medieval or later use of the wooded land. (1)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2008, Archaeological Landscape Study & Field Survey of Kent Wildlife Trust Land at Bigbury Camp & sections of the Blean Woodlands (Unpublished document). SKE18120.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2008. Archaeological Landscape Study & Field Survey of Kent Wildlife Trust Land at Bigbury Camp & sections of the Blean Woodlands. |
