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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43298 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Hay stack stances and a bank, south of the Stour, Ash |
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Summary
A group of features are visible as a mix of cropmarks and earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. These include several small circular features, interpreted as hay stack stances, and a short bank. All features appear to have been fully plough-levelled by the 1960s as Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photographs of this date show them as cropmarks.
| Grid Reference: | TR 29577 62778 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26SE |
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| Parish: | ASH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- STACK STAND (Unknown date)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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A group of features are visible as a mix of cropmarks and earthworks on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. These include several small circular features and a short bank. The bank lies in the centre of the area and is 70m long and aligned NNW-SSE. Three small circular earthworks lie west of the bank, all measure c.9m in diameter, whilst four similar features, each measuring between c.6-8m in diameter, lie to its east. The circular features are interpreted as hay stack stances, mounds for the drying and storage of hay in the damp environment of a riverside meadow. 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. The function of the bank is unclear but it may be agricultural in origin and contemporary with the hay stack stances. All features appear to have been fully plough-levelled by the 1960s as Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photographs of this date show them as cropmarks [2].
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
| 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) |
| MWX43237 | Parent of: Hay stack stances south of the River Stour (Monument) |
| MWX43238 | Parent of: Hay stack stances south of the River Stour (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) |
| MWX43294 | 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) |
| MWX43302 | Part of: Hay stack stances and ridge and furrow, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument) |
| MWX43351 | Part of: Hay stack stances, Ash Levels (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) |
