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Two shallow circular earthworks, interpreted as hay stack stances, are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. Examination of modern aerial photographs indicates that these features have since been levelled by ploughing
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Two shallow circular earthworks are visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. They lie 50m apart and are c.5m in diameter. The features are interpreted as hay stack stances, mounds for the dry storage of hay in the damp environment of a riverside meadow. Examination of modern aerial photographs indicates that these features have since been levelled by ploughing [2]. Similar features have been recorded across the floor of the Stour Valley between Upstreet and the coast, see Related Monuments. They appear to represent an integral part of the medieval or post-medieval farming landscape in this area.
<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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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.
| MWX43289 | Parent of: Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43290 | Parent of: Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43281 | Parent of: Hay stack stances and possible flood bank, south of River Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43287 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, east of Corner Drove, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43288 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, east of Corner Drove, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43278 | Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43348 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43349 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43350 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43352 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43242 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Monkton Marshes (Monument) |
| MWX43244 | Part of: Hay stack stance, Monkton Marshes (Monument) |
| MWX43296 | Part of: Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43298 | Part of: Hay stack stances and a bank, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43302 | Part of: Hay stack stances and ridge and furrow, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43238 | Part of: Hay stack stances south of the River Stour (Monument) |
| MWX43351 | Part of: Hay stack stances, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43294 | Part of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43295 | Part of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43297 | Part of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43299 | Part of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43300 | Part of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43325 | Part of: Haystack stance, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43334 | Part of: Haystack stance, Minster Marshes (Monument) |
| MWX43335 | Part of: Haystack stance, Minster Marshes (Monument) |
| MWX43333 | Part of: Haystack stances and a ditch, south of the Stour (Monument) |
| MWX43323 | Part of: Haystack stances, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43324 | Part of: Haystack stances, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43326 | Part of: Possible haystack stance, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| TR 26 SE 30 | Part of: Undated mounds, Ash (Monument) |
