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Monument details

HER Number:	MWX43290
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash

Summary

A shallow circular earthwork, interpreted as a hay stack stance, is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. Examination of modern aerial photographs suggests that it has been subsequently plough-levelled.

Grid Reference:	TR 28723 62914
Map Sheet:	TR26SE
Parish:	ASH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

STACK STAND (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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A shallow circular earthwork is visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The mound measures c.7m in diameter and is interpreted as a hay stack stance, a mound for the drying and storage of hay in the damp environment of a riverside meadow. Examination of modern aerial photographs suggests it has been subsequently plough-levelled as no earthwork is visible at this location [2]. Similar features have been recorded across the floor of the Stour Valley between Upstreet and the coast and this part of the valley has a particularly dense concentration (see Related Monuments). They appear to represent an integral part of the medieval or post-medieval farming landscape in this area.

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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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	Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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.

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MWX43289	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)
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)
MWX43237	Part of: Hay stack stances south of the River Stour (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)
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