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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NE 2 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval salt mound |
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Summary
2 mounds in Eastchurch Marches. Probably medieval salt workings.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9868 6814 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NE |
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| Parish: | EASTCHURCH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (SALT WORKS, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (between) to 1900 AD (between))
- SALTERN (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval salt-working mounds |
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Full description
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One of two salt-working mounds situated on the Eastchurch Marshes at TQ 98686814 and TQ 98676809. Surveyed at 1:2500. [For salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6] (1). (TQ 98726814) Medieval Salt Workings (NAT) (2). Additional references (3,4) and sire photograph (5).Historic Englan archive material: AF0926057 RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent The Roman and medieval salt mounds were surveyed by RCHME Cambridge in July 1994, as part of the East Thames Corridor Project.Contents : 2 plans, 1 sheet of profiles, report, 27 field record forms, 5 traverse recording formsCondition : INTACT
<1> F1 CFW 04-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42424.
<2> OS 6" 1967 (OS Card Reference). SKE48375.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 96 NE 2 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4854.
<4> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9599.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-SEP-63. [Mapped feature: #34816 mound, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1967. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NE 2 - September, 1963. |
| <4> | Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4184. print. |
