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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NE 29 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Unidentified small mound, Cooling Marshes |
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Summary
The earthwork of a small oval mound circa 19m by 11m is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947. This probable post medieval livestock refuge mound is the only one situated within a field near the southern end of Cooling parish. 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.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7633 7723 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NE |
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| Parish: | COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: A mound of indeterminant function, one of many in this area. Identified from aerial photographs. Possible saltmound |
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Full description
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Small mound, see x-ref. (1) Site photographs (2-6). Given its location, could be a saltmound. The earthwork of a small oval mound circa 19m by 11m is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947. This probable post medieval livestock refuge mound is the only one situated within a field near the southern end of Cooling parish and is centred at TQ 7632 7725. 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.(2)
<1> RAF CPE/UK 1923 F4030 (16-01-47) (OS Card Reference). SKE48955.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9631.
<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9829.
<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9855.
<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9862.
<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10019.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: RAF CPE/UK 1923 F4030 (16-01-47). |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1064. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3028. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4029. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4053. print. |
| <6>XY | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 2069. print. [Mapped feature: #25015 Mound, ] |
