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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NE 1059
Type of record:Monument
Name:Mound on salt marsh by Cooling Marshes, Cliffe

Summary

Possible saltworking mound on salt marsh by Cooling Marshes. Identified during a survey in 2005.


Grid Reference:TQ 75117 79139
Map Sheet:TQ77NE
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • MOUND (Early Iron Age to Modern - 800 BC to 2050 AD (at some time))
  • SALT WORKS? (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 800 AD? to 800 AD? (at some time))
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Possible saltworking mound on salt marsh by Cooling Marshes. Identified during a survey in 2005.

Full description

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A mound, diameter about 10m, and 0.7m high. Possibly a product of salt working? (1)


<1> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.