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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NW 6 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Salt mound, Isle of Harty |
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Summary
salt mound/Med (One of a group of four)
| Grid Reference: | TR 0389 6926 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06NW |
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| Parish: | LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (date conjectural, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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One of a group of four salt-working mounds on the Leysdown Marshes. Published 25" survey correct. (For salt-working on Sheppey see TR 97 SW 6) (1). Four mounds at TR 03606942 O3796922 O3936928 and 03936946 (2). Isles of Sheppey and Harty: The salt water creeks of these isles contain a large number of mounds similar to those excavated at Seasalter (TR 06 SE 6). They represent the remains of medieval salt working (3). Additional reference (4,5), for site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (6), and site photographs (7-9).
<1> F1 CFW 05-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42444.
<2> AP (RAF 2322 FO350 3.12.57 (OS Card Reference). SKE34091.
<3> Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279. (OS Card Reference). SKE35683.
<4> Field report for monument TR 06 NW 6 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5246.
<5> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.
<6> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 32 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9503.
<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9504.
<9> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9592.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 05-SEP-63. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (RAF 2322 FO350 3.12.57. [Mapped feature: #40406 salt mound, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279.. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 NW 6 - September, 1963. |
| <5> | Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 32. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3075. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3077. print. |
| <9> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4165. print. |
