More information : TA 242420 The village of Little Colden, first mentioned in Domesday, seems to have survived at least until 1517. Air photographs still show remains of the former streets of the hamlet. (1-2)
Little Cowden or Cowden Parva. The chapel and part of the
village were destroyed by the sea about 1690. (3)
A few small, square, ditched enclosures and possible house
foundations, in an area of disturbed ground (TA 248409), probably indicate the site of the village largely inundated by the sea. It lies about halfway between the north and south boundaries of Colden Parva parish as shown on OS 6" 1855. (4)
Centred at TA 248409 are vague turf covered rectangular scarped
platforms and a section of sunken track all too ill-defined to survey or give accurate measurements.
These may be ancient but this ground is used by the RAF as a
bombing range and was also used during World War II as a tank
range and is so mutilated it is impossible to be more precise
about these features. Much of the area has disappeared due to
coastal erosion. (5)
Remains of the deserted medieval village of Little Colden consisting of platforms and hollow ways and a potential moat are visible as earthworks on air photographs, centred at TA 2480 4091. Description of the monument largely as in authorities (4) (5).
(6)
Recorded in Domesday and seems to have survived until at least 1517; Sites and Mouments Recotrd has alternative (almost certainly incorrect) location at TA 2425 4205. Aerial Photographs show earthworks of streets possible house platforms were visible on the ground. Much of the village site has been lost to coastal erosion, with the chapel and houses lost circa 1690. The remaining area was used in World War 2 as a tank range, and since then was used until recently as a bombing range. Centred at TA 2480 4090 were earthworks of platforms and hollow ways and a potential moat. (7) |