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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NW 16 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Saltmound, med/post-med |
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Summary
4 mounds in Eastchurch Marshes. Probably medieval salt workings.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9034 6905 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NW |
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| Parish: | IWADE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (SALT WORKS, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Salt working and ridge and furrow |
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Full description
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Centred TQ 903692: one of a group of four salt-working mounds on the Ferry Marshes. Published 25" survey revised. [For salt working on Sheppey See TQ 97 SW 6] (1) (TQ 90356936 and TQ 90366904) Saltworks (NR) (2) Additional bibliography (3, 4). Wessex Archaeology rapid field survey in 1992 showed all four surviving, and recorded a small additional mound in the field SW of Old Ferry Road. Additional references (3-8) and site photographs (9-13).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
Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE11943.
Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). Ske11943.
<1> F1 CFW 04-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42424.
<2> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 16 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4875.
<4> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.
<5> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, A249 Iwade bypass to Queenborough improvements: preliminary field evaluation stage 2, Wessex arch. 1 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<6> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, A249 M2 to Iwade improvement, walk-over survey, SEAS, 1994. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<7> Wessex Archaeology, Nov 1992, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvements Archaeological Survey (Unpublished document). SWX7237.
<8> Wessex Archaeology, 1992 Oct, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough improvement, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 1: Desk Study (Unpublished document). SWX7146.
<9> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9583.
<10> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10342.
<11> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10343.
<12> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10360.
<13> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11285.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | ---XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation. [Mapped feature: #35081 saltmound, ] |
| <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-SEP-63. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1979. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 16 - September, 1963. |
| <4> | Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. |
| <5> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. A249 Iwade bypass to Queenborough improvements: preliminary field evaluation stage 2, Wessex arch. 1. |
| <6> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. A249 M2 to Iwade improvement, walk-over survey, SEAS, 1994.. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. Nov 1992. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvements Archaeological Survey. |
| <8> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1992 Oct. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough improvement, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 1: Desk Study. |
| <9> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4145. print. |
| <10> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 91. print. |
| <11> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 93. print. |
| <12> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 29. print. |
| <13> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ9069/2. print. |
