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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43110 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Boundary earthworks, Wickhambreaux Valley |
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Summary
Shallow earthworks of boundary features, demarking a small enclosure, are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. They appear derive from field systems created from land reclaimed from the Wantsum Channel between the 11th and 18th centuries, possibly predate the current field layout due to their differing alignment.
| Grid Reference: | TR 22567 62123 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26SW |
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| Parish: | WICKHAMBREAUX, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Shallow earthworks of boundary features are visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. Examination of modern aerial photographs does not show conclusively whether these features remain as earthworks [2].
A ditch is visible demarking three sides of small sinuous sub-rectangular enclosure, 100m (SW-NE) x 34m (NW-SE). The fourth, south-western, side is formed by a long field drain belonging to the current field system. The south-eastern side of the enclosure is flanked by a bank.
These features appear to be derived from field systems created from land reclaimed from marsh in the Wantsum Channel between the 11th and 18th centuries. They may predate the current field layout, itself of probable late post-medieval date, as they are on a slightly different alignment.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<2> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | | <2> | Graphic material: Google Earth. |
| <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. |
