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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 NW 1141
Type of record:Monument
Name:salt Mound, Isle of Harty

Summary

salt mound, Isle of Harty

Grid Reference:TR 0429 6910
Map Sheet:TR06NW
Parish:LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Unknown date)
  • SALT WORKS (date conjectural, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cropmark of Medieval salt mound, 360m south-west of Shellness Road, Isle of Harty

Full description

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One of a group of four salt-working mounds on the Leysdown Marshes, one of which has been incorporated into a counter-wall and another destroyed. Published 25" survey revised. [For salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6] (1) Two mounds at TR04136887, TR04306910. (2) Isles of Sheppey and Harty: The salt water creeks of these isles contain a large number of mounds similar to those at Seasalter (TR 06 SE 6). They represent the remains of medieval salt working (3). Additional references (4). Photographs (5,6).


<1> F1 CFW 05-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42444.

<2> AP (RAF 2322 F0350; 03-12-57) (OS Card Reference). SKE34088.

<3> Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279. (OS Card Reference). SKE35683.

<4> Field report for monument TR 06 NW 18 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5258.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9503.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9504.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 05-SEP-63.
<2>OS Card Reference: AP (RAF 2322 F0350; 03-12-57).
<3>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279..
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 NW 18 - September, 1963.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3075. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3077. print.