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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43014 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Prehistoric cropmarks South West of Fordwich |
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Summary
Several linear ditched features, pits and a ditched enclosure visible as cropmarks in fields immediately SW of Fordwich. Although undated, the features probably represent remains of later prehistoric activity.
| Grid Reference: | TR 17633 59523 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Prehistoric cropmarks south-west of Fordwich
Prehistoric cropmarks south west of Fordwich
Prehistoric cropmarks South West of Fordwich |
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Full description
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Cropmarks of several linear ditched features and pits are visible as cropmarks in fields immediately SW of Fordwich on 1980s RCHME oblique aerial photographs [1- 2]. Interpretation of the features is hampered by the fact that most features are only partially visible; cropmarks showing only in very small sections of the field with the remainder of it apparently being not conducive to cropmark production.
Features comprise a D-shaped enclosure, three parallel NW-SE aligned linear features, several other linear features (aligned approximately N-S), two pit groups and several large pit-like features. The majority of linear features appear to be fragments of a boundary or enclosure system, the parallel NW-SE aligned linears are interpreted as a possible trackway. The three large pit-like features may represent quarrying activity. One lies centrally inside the D-shaped enclosure and may be related/contemporary, whilst another has been cut thought by one on the N-S aligned linears.
The features as a whole appear to represent an enclosure system of Later Prehistoric or Romano-British date, settlement activity within the site may also be suggested by the presence of pit clusters.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <3> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <3> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
Related records
| MWX43027 | Part of: Later Prehistoric or Romano-British Cropmarks west of Fordwich (Monument) |
