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Monument details

HER Number:	MWX43302
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Hay stack stances and ridge and furrow, south of the Stour, Ash

Summary

Two areas of ridge and furrow and six small circular features are visible as cropmarks on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs. The circular features range in size from c.6-8m in diameter and are interpreted as hay stack stances. There is no clear relationship between these features and the ridge and furrow. The ridge and furrow is fairly broadly spaced so may be medieval or earlier post-medieval in date.

Grid Reference:	TR 29338 62575
Map Sheet:	TR26SE
Parish:	ASH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
STACK STAND (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status:	Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Ridge and furrow, hay stack stances, saltmounds and a former sheepfold, south of the Stour, Ash

Full description

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Two areas of ridge and furrow and six small circular features are visible as cropmarks on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. One of the circular features lies in the west of the area whilst the reminder lie in the east; they range in size from c.6-8m in diameter. They 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. There is no clear relationship between these features and the ridge and furrow. The ridge and furrow is broadly spaced so is likely to be medieval or earlier post-medieval in date.

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [2].

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<2> 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>	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.
<2>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
<2>	Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

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