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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 SW 5 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval Saltmounds |
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Summary
3 mounds in Minster Marshes. Probably salt working site.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9318 7352 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97SW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (SALT WORKS, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD)
Full description
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salt-working mound on the Minster Marshes. Published 25" survey revised.
[For Salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6] (1) (TQ 92557365) Saltworks (NR) (sites of) (NAT)(2). Additional reference (3,4) and site photographs (5,6). 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 1:10000 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48159.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 97 SW 5 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5022.
<4> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9499.
<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9647.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-SEP-63. [Mapped feature: #36887 Salterns, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1974. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 97 SW 5 - September, 1963. |
| <4> | Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3062. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4465. print. |
