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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NE 3 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval salt mound |
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Summary
Mound in Eastchurch Marches. Probably medieval salt workings.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9878 6997 |
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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))
Full description
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Salt-working mound situated on the Eastchurch Marshes at TQ 9878 6998: there is the remains of a modern building on the summit. Published 25" survey revised. [For salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6] (1) (Name centred at TQ 99096888) Medieval Salt Workings (NAT) (2) Historic England 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 3 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4855.
<4> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-SEP-63. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1967. [Mapped feature: #34827 saltern, ] |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NE 3 - September, 1963. |
| <4> | Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. |
