Archaeological priority area

5.1 This Archaeological Priority Area captures the extreme northern end of a substantial earthwork known as Faesten Dic. This Scheduled Ancient Monument runs for c.1.7km though Kent, and survives as an impressive series of zig-zagged ditch and banks. The

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Reference 76454 Facts
Prefix archaeological-priority-area Facts
Name 5.1 This Archaeological Priority Area captures the extreme northern end of a substantial earthwork known as Faesten Dic. This Scheduled Ancient Monument runs for c.1.7km though Kent, and survives as an impressive series of zig-zagged ditch and banks. The Facts
Dataset Archaeological priority area no fact link
Organisation Historic England no fact link
Start date no fact link
End date no fact link
Entry date 2025-02-10 Facts
Typology geography no fact link
Geometry MULTIPOLYGON (((0.164576 51.429047, 0.165553 51.430393, 0.16421 51.430675, 0.163894 51.430268, 0.163049 51.429092, 0.163322 51.429054, 0.16355 51.428894, 0.163924 51.428932, 0.163894 51.428686, 0.163838 51.428612, 0.164061 51.428541, 0.164176 51.428539, 0.16427 51.42856, 0.164407 51.428654, 0.164576 51.429047))) Facts
Point POINT (0.164286 51.429674) Facts
Archaeological risk tier Archaeological Priority Area - Tier I Facts

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