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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43371 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible flood bank, Minster Marshes |
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Summary
A short bank is visible lying immediately north-west of Minster Sluice on the Sea Wall on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs. The bank lies between the arms of two flood banks shown on historic Ordnance Survey mapping. The function of this feature is unclear but it may represent a minor, unmapped, element of the medieval to post-medieval flood bank system. Examination of recent aerial photographs does not show conclusively whether it remains as an earthworks.
| Grid Reference: | TR 31715 62866 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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A short bank is visible lying immediately north-west of Minster Sluice on the Sea Wall on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The bank is c.21m long with rounded ends and lies between the arms of two flood banks shown on historic Ordnance Survey mapping [2]. The function of this feature is unclear but it may represent a minor, unmapped, element of the flood bank system. The banking system appears to be of medieval to post-medieval date. Examination of recent aerial photographs does not show conclusively whether it remains as an earthworks [3].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.
<3> Google Earth, viewed on 02/06/2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<4> 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> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. |
| <3> | Graphic material: Google Earth. viewed on 02/06/2010. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <4> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
