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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 NE 74 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The Rodgers Cut. |
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Summary
A navigable water channel constructed to keep the River Stour clear of silt and to connect it to Sandwich Haven.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3563 5760 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35NE |
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| Parish: | SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A navigable channel constructed c.AD1551 following the failure of the 1479 Cut (TR35NW893) to provide ships with direct access to the River Stour. Only a trial cut was actually built and survives today as a ditch known as 'Old Haven'. (1)
Dover District Council, 2013, Dover District Heritage Strategy (Bibliographic reference). SKE31372.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Bibliographic reference: Dover District Council. 2013. Dover District Heritage Strategy. |
