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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 NW 16
Type of record:Monument
Name:Salt mound, Isle of Harty

Summary

This earth mound on the Harty Marshes is thought to be the remains of medieval salt workings. The mound is 2-3m high and about 50m by 30m in area. On the southeastern side of the mound shallow curved embankments were noted in 2005, and it is suggested that these could be the remains of salt pans. Earth mounds similar to this are found in large

numbers on Sheppey, Harty and at Seasalter.


Grid Reference:TR 0227 6584
Map Sheet:TR06NW
Parish:LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SALT WORKS (date conjectural, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval salt mound, Harty Marshes

Full description

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TR 02276583: Salt-working mound on the Harty Marshes. Published 25" survey correct. [For salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6] (1) (TR 02166588) Medieval Saltworks (NR) Isles of sheppey and Harty: The salt water creeks of these isles contain a large number of mounds similar to those at Seasalter (TR 06 SE 6). They represent the remains of medieval salt working (3). Additional reference (4,5) and site photographs (6-10). Not marked on 1st ed OS 6 inch (1870AD), but present on all later surveys (11,12). A mound 2m-3 m high, and about. 50m x30 m in size. On the southeastern side, there shallow curved embankments are visible, perhaps salt pan remains? (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


<1> F1 CFW 05-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42444.

<2> OS 1:10000 1984 (OS Card Reference). SKE48170.

<3> Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279. (OS Card Reference). SKE35683.

<4> Field report for monument TR 06 NW 16 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5256.

<5> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9528.

<7> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10180.

<8> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10184.

<9> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10204.

<10> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10421.

<11> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<12> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<13> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 05-SEP-63.
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1984.
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279.. [Mapped feature: #40418 Saltern, ]
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 NW 16 - September, 1963.
<5>Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3173. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3165. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3184. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3242. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 196. print.
<11>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<12>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<13>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.