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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NW 12 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Salt mound, Isle of Harty |
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Summary
This is one of a group of three earthmounds on the Isle of Harty which are thought to be the remains of medieval salt workings. The salt water creeks of Harty and Sheppey contain a large number of such mounds, and similar mounds at Seasalter have been excavated.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0189 6793 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06NW |
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| Parish: | LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (date conjectural, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Salt workings mounds |
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Full description
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One of a group of three salt-working mounds on the Harty Marshes. Published 25" Survey correct. [For salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6] (1). Three mounds poss saltworks. Mounds at TR 01886793 01976807 and 02266816 (2). Isles of Sheppey and Harty: The salt water creeks of these isles contain a large number of mounds similar to those excavated at Seasalter (TR 06 SE 6). They represent the remains of medieval salt working (3). Additional reference (4,5). 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 05-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42444.
<2> AP (RAF 5921 FO228 16.9.63) (OS Card Reference). SKE34115.
<3> Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279. (OS Card Reference). SKE35683.
<4> Field report for monument TR 06 NW 12 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5252.
<5> 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 05-SEP-63. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (RAF 5921 FO228 16.9.63). [Mapped feature: #40414 saltern, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279.. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 NW 12 - September, 1963. |
| <5> | Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. |
