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Monument details

HER Number:	MWX43325
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Haystack stance, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels

Summary

A shallow circular mound, interpreted as a hay stack stance, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs. It appears to have been plough levelled by the 1960s as aerial photographs of this date show it as a cropmark.

Grid Reference:	TR 29713 62321
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 mound, measuring c.10m in diameter, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. It appears to have been plough-levelled by the 1960s as Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photographs of this date show it as a cropmark [2]. It is interpreted as a hay stack stance, a mound 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.

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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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	Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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

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MWX43289	Parent of: Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument)
MWX43290	Parent of: Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument)
MWX43296	Parent of: Hay stack stance, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument)
MWX43298	Parent of: Hay stack stances and a bank, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument)
MWX43281	Parent of: Hay stack stances and possible flood bank, south of River Stour, Ash (Monument)
MWX43302	Parent of: Hay stack stances and ridge and furrow, south of the 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)
MWX43295	Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument)
MWX43297	Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument)
MWX43299	Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument)
MWX43300	Parent of: Hay stack stances, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument)
MWX43323	Parent of: Haystack stances, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument)
MWX43324	Parent of: Haystack stances, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (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)
MWX43351	Part of: Hay stack stances, 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)
MWX43326	Part of: Possible haystack stance, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument)