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HER Number: | MWX43162 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
Name: | Possible saltmound, Stourmouth Valley |
A sub-circular cropmark is visible on 1940s aerial photography. It is interpreted as the plough-levelled remains of a saltmound of probable medieval date.
Grid Reference: | TR 25724 63850 |
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Map Sheet: | TR26SE |
Parish: | STOURMOUTH, DOVER, KENT |
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An irregular diffuse cropmark is visible on 1940s RAF aerial photography [1]. The feature measures 70m (WNW-ESE) x 85m (NNE-SSW). It is interpreted as the plough-levelled remains of a saltmound of probable medieval date. It was not visible on the Ordnance Survey 1877 edition [2].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897,
1877/1:2500
1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Cross-ref. | Source description |
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<2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500 1877/1:2500. |
<3> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. |
<3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
<3> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |