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| HER Number: | MWX43252 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
| Name: | Possible saltmounds Monkton - Minster Marshes |
A group of 12 roughly ovoid cropmarks are visible on 1940s aerial photography. These are interpreted as a group of saltmounds of probable medieval date. They are overlain by cropmarks of post-medieval ridge and furrow, see MWX43253.
| Grid Reference: | TR 29252 63610 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26SE |
| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Twelve roughly ovoid cropmarks are visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photography [1]. The cropmarks cover an area 180m (NNW-SSE) x 120m (WSW-ENE); their sizes vary from 12m x 16m up to 35m x 20m with the majority lying roughly in the centre of this range. The features are interpreted as a group of plough-levelled saltmounds of probable medieval date. These were not recorded on the Ordnance Survey 1877 edition [2].
The saltmound cropmarks are overlain by cropmarks of post-medieval ridge and furrow (MWX43253).
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 (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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 |
|---|---|
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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. |
| MWX43253 | Part of: Ridge and furrow, Monkton - Minster Marshes (Monument) |