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Monument details

HER Number:MWX43444
Type of record:Monument
Name:Series of earthworks, including a field boundary, enclosure and possible barrow/haystack stance, NW of Deal

Summary

Series of earthworks, including a linear field boundary, associated rectangular enclosure and a possible barrow/haystack stand, located NW of Deal. Mapped from military aerial photographs.

Grid Reference:TR 36222 54672
Map Sheet:TR35SE
Parish:SHOLDEN, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • ANNEXE ENCLOSURE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DITCH (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ENCLOSURE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STACK STAND? (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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A series of earthworks are visible to the NW of Deal and comprise a linear field boundary, associated rectangular enclosure and a possible barrow/haystack stand.

The former field boundary consists of a linear ditch and bank (c.270m), and is located perpendicular to existing field boundaries visible on Ordnance Survey historic mapping and appear to have been removed in order to increase the size of fields, as agricultural techniques developed. The field boundary has been truncated by a mainline railway and a disused mineral railway.

Attached to the field boundary is a small rectangular enclosure (37m by 30m) that comprises an internal bank with an L-shaped ditch and bank on the outside.

Located less than 5m to the SE of the enclosure is a circular mound with a diameter of between 20 and 22m and a shallow surrounding ditch. This feature is thought to be a possible barrow, however, due to its proximity to the other earthworks, it may also be a large haystack stance - a feature that is prevalent in the surrounding landscape.

These features have been mapped from military aerial photographs taken in February 1946 [1] and all the features are still partially visible by April 2007 [2].

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


<2> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: PGA_TR3654 22-APR-2007 (Graphic material). SWX15711.

Sources and further reading

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<2>Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: PGA_TR3654 22-APR-2007.