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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 NW 1075
Type of record:Monument
Name:Saltmound, Medieval/post-Medieval

Summary

Saltmound, Medieval/post-Medieval


Grid Reference:TQ 9032 6933
Map Sheet:TQ96NW
Parish:IWADE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Unknown date)
  • SALTERN (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Group of 3 medieval / post-medieval salt mounds identified by field survey

Full description

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Centred TQ 903692: one of a group of four salt-working mounds on the Ferry Marshes. Published 25' survey revised. [For salt working on Sheppey See TQ 97 SW 6] (1) (TQ 90356936 and TQ 90366904) Saltworks (NR) (2) Additional bibliography (3, 4). Wessex Archaeology rapid field survey in 1992 showed all four surviving, and recorded a small additional mound in the field SW of Old Ferry Road.

Additional references (5-8). Photographs (9-13).


<1> F1 CFW 04-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42424.

<2> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 16 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4875.

<4> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.

<5> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, A249 Iwade bypass to Queenborough improvements: preliminary field evaluation stage 2, Wessex arch. 1 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<6> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, A249 M2 to Iwade improvement, walk-over survey, SEAS, 1994. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, Nov 1992, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvements Archaeological Survey (Unpublished document). SWX7237.

<8> Wessex Archaeology, 1992 Oct, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough improvement, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 1: Desk Study (Unpublished document). SWX7146.

<9> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9583.

<10> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10342.

<11> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10343.

<12> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10360.

<13> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11285.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-SEP-63.
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1979.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 16 - September, 1963.
<4>Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
<5>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. A249 Iwade bypass to Queenborough improvements: preliminary field evaluation stage 2, Wessex arch. 1.
<6>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. A249 M2 to Iwade improvement, walk-over survey, SEAS, 1994..
<7>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. Nov 1992. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvements Archaeological Survey.
<8>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1992 Oct. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough improvement, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 1: Desk Study.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4145. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 91. print.
<11>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 93. print.
<12>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 29. print.
<13>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ9069/2. print.