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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43713 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former field boundary, Worth |
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Summary
Former field boundary visible as the cropmarks of a curvilinear ditch, of unknown date, visible in 1945, located in Worth. This ditch crossed one functioning drain and a drainage ditch. It was not visible on historic OS mapping dated to 1876, 1899, 1908 or 1938, so must pre-date 1876. The site was not visible in 2003.
| Grid Reference: | TR 35144 56838 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35NE |
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| Parish: | WORTH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Former field boundary visible as the cropmarks of a curvilinear ditch, of unknown date, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945 [1], located in Worth. This ditch ran for approximately 180m and was less than 2m wide. It crossed one functioning drain and a drainage ditch. It was not visible on historic OS mapping dated to 1877, 1899, 1908 or 1938 [2, 3, 4 and 5], so must pre-date 1876. The site was not visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [6].
Located 100m to the S was a former field boundary (MWX43712) and 220m to the WSW was another former field boundary (MWX43715).
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898, 1899/1:2500 (Map). SWX11832.
<4> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912, 1908/1:2500 (Map). SWX11833.
<5> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, 1938/1:2500 (Map). Ske12644.
<6> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3556 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500. |
| <3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. 1899/1:2500. |
| <4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. 1908/1:2500. |
| <5> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. 1938/1:2500. |
| <6> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3556 14-AUG-2003. |
