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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43326 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible haystack stance, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels |
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Summary
A small ovoid feature, interpreted as a possible hay stack stance, is visible as a cropmark on 1940s aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 29767 62125 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26SE |
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| Parish: | ASH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- STACK STAND (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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A small ovoid feature is visible as a cropmark on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs. It measures c.18m (WNW-ESE) x c.9m (NNE-SSW) and is interpreted as a plough levelled 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 [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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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. |
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) |
| 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) |
| MWX43325 | Parent of: Haystack stance, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43323 | Parent of: Haystack stances, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43324 | Parent of: Haystack stances, Fleming Valley, Ash Levels (Monument) |
| MWX43333 | Part of: Haystack stances and a ditch, south of the Stour (Monument) |
