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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NE 21 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Unidentified mound, Cliffe Marshes, Cliffe |
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Summary
One of a group of 12 unidentified mounds on the Cliffe Marshes. Possible association with Salt workings on the Marshes? Identified from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7522 7778 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NE |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: One of a group of 12 unidentified mounds on the Cliffe Marshes. Possible association with Salt workings on the Marshes? Identified from aerial photographs. |
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Full description
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The earthwork of a roughly oval mound circa 23m by 14m is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1953. This is one of three probable post medieval livestock refuge mounds situated within a field on Cliffe Marshes (see NMR 1534508 and NMR 1534510). This mound was near the parish boundary with Cooling and had been levelled by 1978. Refuge mounds provided an area of high ground for livestock to occupy in the event of a flood and numerous refuge mounds were built on the marshes of the Hoo Peninsula. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. Is is part of a group of 12 mounds, many others in this area. Grid co-ordinates: 75247778, 75217767, 75337747, 75237712, 75237713, 75217753, 75207736, 77257725, 75167769, 75167769, 75167769, 75177747, 75127719, 75367712 (1). Photographs of the mounds (2-6).
<1> RAF CPE/UK 1923 F4033 (16-01-47) (OS Card Reference). SKE48956.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9442.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9632.
<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9855.
<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9856.
<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9863.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: RAF CPE/UK 1923 F4033 (16-01-47). [Mapped feature: #24930 mound, ] |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4052. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1067. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4029. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4033. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4057. print. |
