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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 NE 6
Type of record:Monument
Name:Medieval salt mound

Summary

2 mounds. Probably medieval salt workings.


Grid Reference:TQ 9989 6861
Map Sheet:TQ96NE
Parish:EASTCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SALT WORKS (SALT WORKS, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (between) to 1900 AD (between))
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval salt-working mound

Full description

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One of two salt working mounds on the Eastchurch Marshes at TQ 9989 6861. Surveyed at 1:2500. [For salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6].(1) (Name centred at TQ 99096888) Medieval Salt Workings (NAT) (2). Additional reference (3) and site photographs (4,5).


<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 6 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4858.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9590.

<5> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9903.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-SEP-63. [Mapped feature: #34862 Saltern, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1967.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NE 6 - September, 1963.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4161. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 75. print.