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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 26 SE 3 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Medieval salt mound, Monkton Marshes |
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Summary
A medieval salt mound is located in Monkton Marshes just to the south of Abbots Wall. A similar monument is located some 400m to the south, and these features are though to be part of a number of monuments associated with saltworking in the Wantsum Channel at Chislet (see TR 26 NW 29).
Grid Reference: | TR 2829 6335 |
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Map Sheet: | TR26SE |
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Parish: | MONKTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1539 AD? (at some time))
Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Abbot's Wall (western section). Earthworks of a Medieval flood-defence wall, and Medieval saltworking mound. |
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Full description
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A saltmound situated in the Monkton Marsh at TR 2829 6335. Surveyed at 1:2500 (For Md. saltworking in the Wantsum Channel see TR 26 NW 29)(1) additional bibliography (2-7)
<1> F1 CFW 12-DEC-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42545.
<2> Field report for monument TR 26 SE 3 - December, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5882.
<4> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<6> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<7> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 12-DEC-63. |
<2> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 SE 3 - December, 1963. |
<4> | Graphic material: Google Earth. |
<5> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
<6> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
<7>XY | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. [Mapped feature: #51048 salt mound, ] |
Related records
TR 26 SE 15 | Parent of: Cropmarks of a medieval moated site, Monkton Marshes, Minster (Monument) |
TR 26 SE 4 | Parent of: Saltmound (Monument) |