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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NE 1021
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a Sheepfold, Cooling Marshes

Summary

The pattern of drainage in an area of the Cooling Marshes indicates an enclosure was once located there. A sheepfold is indeed marked on the Ordnance Survey historic maps.


Grid Reference:TQ 7589 7717
Map Sheet:TQ77NE
Parish:COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PEN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1858 AD to 1940 AD (pre))

Full description

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Pattern of drainage indicates enclosure - identified as sheepfold on 1st Ed. OS (1). Photographs (2,3).


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

<2> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10019.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9549.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 2069. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4001. print.