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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 06 NW 18 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | salt mound, Isle of Harty |
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Summary
One of two Medieval saltworking mounds located on the Leysdown Marshes, two others have been destroyed
Grid Reference: | TR 0421 6909 |
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Map Sheet: | TR06NW |
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Parish: | LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (date conjecture, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cropmark of Medieval salt mound, 360m south-west of Shellness Road, Isle of Harty |
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Full description
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One of a group of four salt-working mounds on the Leysdown Marshes, one of which has been incorporated into a counter-wall and another destroyed. Published 25" survey revised. [For salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6] (1) Two mounds at TR04136887, TR04306910. (2) 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) and site photographs (5,6).
<1> F1 CFW 05-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42444.
<2> AP (RAF 2322 F0350; 03-12-57) (OS Card Reference). SKE34088.
<3> Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279. (OS Card Reference). SKE35683.
<4> Field report for monument TR 06 NW 18 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5258.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9503.
<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9504.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 05-SEP-63. |
<2>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (RAF 2322 F0350; 03-12-57). [Mapped feature: #40420 saltern, ] |
<3> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279.. |
<4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 NW 18 - September, 1963. |
<5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3075. print. |
<6> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3077. print. |