Courtfield Shaw, Kent

Site of Maplescombe Church

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The site of Maplescombe Church is next to a footpath up the side of the Knatts Valley opposite Botsom Lane. Maplescombe was mentioned in the Domesday Book but its Anglo-Saxon church is now reduced to a chunk of flint wall almost completely enveloped in vegetation. It is hidden by the trees on the left here. The parish was united with West Kingsdown in 1638. The Knatts Valley stretches into the distance here. Considering West Kingsdown and the A20 are just up the top of the valley to the left this countryside feels incredibly remote.

Uploaded to Geograph by Marathon on 17 October 2012

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