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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NW 1130 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Salt mound, Isle of Harty, Leysdown |
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Summary
This is one of three earth mounds on the Harty marshes. These mounds are thought to be the remains of medieval salt workings.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0336 6736 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06NW |
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| Parish: | LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (date conjectural, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Salt workings |
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Full description
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One of a group of three salt-working mounds on the Harty Marshes. Published 25" survey correct. [For salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6] (1) (TR 03236735) Medieval Saltworks (NR) Isles of Sheppey and Harty: The salt water creeks of these isles contain a large number of mounds similar to those excavated at Seasalter (TR 06 SE 6). They represent the remains of medieval salt working (3). Additional references (4,5), photographs (6,7).
<1> F1 CFW 05-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42444.
<2> OS 1:10000 1984 (OS Card Reference). SKE48170.
<3> Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279. (OS Card Reference). SKE35683.
<4> Field report for monument TR 06 NW 14 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5254.
<5> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.
<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9596.
<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9595.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 05-SEP-63. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1984. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279.. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 NW 14 - September, 1963. |
| <5> | Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4177. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4175. print. |
