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Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough

England
List entry 1005153
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005153
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
TR 22024 68116
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough, is a listed structure in Kent with the National Heritage List for England designation reference 1005153. The gateway dates from the medieval or early post-medieval period and represents a significant example of rural agricultural heritage in the region. The structure survives as a physical manifestation of the historic occupation and management of the Brook Farm holding and its approach. As a listed monument, it contributes to the understanding of Kent's rural settlement patterns and building traditions across the medieval and early modern periods.

Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005153. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough?

Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough, is a listed structure in Kent with the National Heritage List for England designation reference 1005153.

Who is responsible for protecting Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough?

Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005153.

What other scheduled monuments are near Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Reculver Saxon Shore fort, Anglo-Saxon monastery and associated remains (1.4 km), Anglo-Saxon cemetery, parish church of St Giles and associated remains immediately east of Sarre Mill (5.1 km), Enclosure and ring ditch W of Newnham Farm (7.8 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Reculver Saxon Shore fort, Anglo-Saxon monastery and associated remains
1.4 km
Anglo-Saxon cemetery, parish church of St Giles and associated remains immediately east of Sarre Mill
5.1 km
Enclosure and ring ditch W of Newnham Farm
7.8 km
Ring ditch and enclosure 200yds (180m) E of Parsonage Farm
8.2 km
Medieval moated site, Chequer Court
11 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough

Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough stands on Thanet Sand Formation, bedrock that formed in the Thanetian. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough

CanterburyRoman town · ~7.8 miles
Domesday entry for Reculver, Kent →
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