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Monument details

Summary

Two shallow circular earthworks, interpreted as a hay stack stances, are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. They appear to have been levelled by the late 1970s as aerial photographs of this date show no such features at this location.

Monument Types

• STACK STAND (Unknown date)

Full description

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Two shallow circular earthworks are visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. They lie c.25m apart; the northernmost measures c.5m in diameter whilst the easternmost measures c.7m in diameter. They are interpreted as a hay stack stances, mounds for the drying and storage of hay in the damp environment of a riverside meadow. They appear to have been levelled by the late 1970s as aerial photographs of this date show no such features at this location [2]. Similar features have been recorded across the floor of the Stour Valley between Upstreet and the coast, 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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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.

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