Dear deshia-ga,
I have a keen interest in local and landscape history so I find this
area of Kent a most fascinating place. It is known as ?Romney Marsh?.
I trust that these links will give you sufficient information. If not,
I have supplied list of books and research papers which will give you
some in-depth research which has been undertaken on the area.
English Nature provide a one page introduction to the geology of the
area (use the links on the left for information on land use and
vegetation).
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/science/natural/NA_HAbDetails.asp?Name=Romney+Marshes&N=71&H=65&S=&R=6
This site details the geography, history and archaeological landscape
of Romney Marsh. Some parts are still being constructed but it
contains some useful information. These are just some examples, I
recommend you explore all of the site. Home page
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/%7Esdturner/introduction/index.htm
Map of the geography of the area
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/%7Esdturner/introduction/geogfrst.htm
Carbon 14 data (details type of soil for each sample)
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/%7Esdturner/RM%20Palaeo/Palaeoecology/RMC14pages/c14map.htm
Index to pollen, diatom cores and examinations (details type of soil
for each sample)
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/%7Esdturner/RM%20Palaeo/index.htm
Landforms on Romney Marsh, for example: Silt and clay deposits
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~sdturner/RM%20Seds%20and%20Landfrms/index.htm
The Evolution of the Port of Rye, Romney Marsh, Sussex ? project
summary ? some geology and soil details
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp?wci=WebItem&wce=3573
Medieval adaptation, settlement and economy of a coastal wetland: The
evidence from around Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent ? project summary - some
geology and soil details
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp?wci=WebItem&wce=3581
Geology of Rye Bay and surrounding area
http://www.yates.clara.net/changes.html
A report on the agriculture and soils of Kent,Sussex and Sussex ? dated 1911
By the looks of this it is a scanned document which the optical reader
has not interpreted very well as there are many errors and spelling
mistakes. Also the page is very unstable in my browser (600KB). I
recommend that you let load before using your edited> search facility
to search for the references to Romney Marsh
http://www.dli.gov.in/data0/000/034/TXT/00000258.txt
This charity may be a useful source of information. They have been
undetaking research of the are for the past 17 years. Some of their
publications appear below.
Romney Marsh Research Trust
http://www.kent.ac.uk/mts/rmrt/
http://www.kent.ac.uk/mts/rmrt/report02.pdf
Books and publications found during my research which may be of interest.
"Romney Marsh: Coastal and Landscape Change Through the Ages
edited by Antony Long, Stephen Hipkin and Helen Clarke
Romney Marsh, the third largest coastal wetland in Britain, is a
triangular-shaped landmass which projects into Rye Bay, Sussex and the
eastern English Channel. For the past 18 years the Romney Marsh
Research Trust has been studying the history of this unique
environment and the people who have occupied it. This is the fourth
volume in the Romney Marsh monograph series, and its thirteen papers
range across environmental, archaeological and historical themes. The
authors demonstrate the dynamism of the Romney Marsh landscape over
many thousands of years, focusing on the period between AD 200 and AD
1700.
Contents: Holocene vegetation history of the Romney March region
(M Waller); Late Pleistocene/early Holocene environmental change in
the Romney Marsh region: New evidence from Tilling Green, Rye (M
Waller & J Kirby); Palaeoenvironmental changes during the last 4000
years at Scotney Marsh, Romney Marsh (C Spencer & W Woodland);
Reconstructing late Holocene intertidal environments and channel
networks: A review of the role of Benthic Foraminfera
biostratigraphy on Romney Marsh (J Evans & J Kirby); Evidence for late
Holocene foreland progradation and rapid tidal sedimentation from the
barrier and marsh sediments of Romney Marsh and Dungeness: A
geomorphological approach (A Plater, P Stupples, H Roberts & C Owen);
Romney Marsh: Evolution of the historic landscape and its wider
setting (S Rippon); The late medieval ?antediluvian? landscape of
Walland Marsh (M Gardiner); The Rumenesea Wall, Romney and Walland
Marshes: A commentary (J R L Allen); The purpose, construction and
operation of a 13th century watercourse: The Rhee, Romney Marsh (J
Eddison); Land holding and the land market in a 15th-century peasant
community: Appledore, 1400-1470 (S Sweetinburgh); Family identity and
Romney Marshlands in Early Modern
Kent (M Merry & C Richardson); Daniel Langdon: Public office and
private enterprise in the Romney Marsh region in the Early-18th
Century (S Hipkin); Symbiotic relationship between the agrarian
economy of Romney Marsh and the surrounding region in the 18th Century
(A Davison). c.230p, b/w illus (Oxford University School of
Archaeology Monograph 56, 2002) 0947816577 Pb £30.00"
Romney Marsh: Evolution, Occupation, Reclamation (Oxford University
Committee for Archaeology 24) Edited by Jill Eddison and Christopher
Green 1988.
Romney Marsh: The Debatable Ground (Oxford University Committee for
Archaeology 41) Edited by Jill Eddison 1995.
Romney Marsh: Environmental Change and Human Occupation in a Coastal
Lowland (Oxford University Committee for Archaeology 46) Edited by
Jill Eddison, Mark Gardiner and Antony Long 1998.
The most recent summary of the current knowledge is the book ?Romney
Marsh ? survival on a frontier? by Jill Eddison 2000.
Evans J R, Kirby J R and Long A J - The litho- and biostratigraphy of
a late Holocene tidal channel Romney Marsh, Southern England,
Proceedings of the Geologists? Association 112 (2001) 111-130 ISSN
0016-7878/01
Plater, A.J., Long, A.J., Spencer, C.D., Delacour, R.A.P., 1999. The
stratigraphic record of sea-level change and storms during the last
2000 years: Romney Marsh, southeast England. Quaternary International
55, 17-27.
I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
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