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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 NW 1077
Type of record:Monument
Name:saltmound, medieval/Post Medieval

Summary

2 mounds in Coldharbour Marshes. Probably medieval salt workings.


Grid Reference:TQ 905 684
Map Sheet:TQ96NW
Parish:IWADE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SALT WORKS (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval to Post-medieval saltmound, Iwade

Full description

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Vertical Datum: LAT 18-OCT-1979 Obstruction dries 2.6m Shown in 51 23 13N 000 37 00E on survey [k8273]. 08-MAR-1991 Not visible on photoplot. (1). Additional references (2-4). Photographs (5-8). 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 04-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42424.

<2> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 19 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4878.

<3> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, Nov 1992, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvements Archaeological Survey (Unpublished document). SWX7237.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9605.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9606.

<7> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10360.

<8> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10409.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-SEP-63.
<2>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 19 - September, 1963.
<3>XYCollection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. [Mapped feature: #86984 Salmound, ]
<4>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. Nov 1992. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvements Archaeological Survey.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4197. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4199. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 29. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 170. print.