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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NW 1143 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Salt mound, Isle of Harty |
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Summary
Salt mound, Isle of Harty
| Grid Reference: | TR 0450 6927 |
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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)
- SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cropmark of Medieval salt mound, 100m south-west of Shellness Road, Isle of Harty |
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Full description
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One of a g 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). The salt mound is visible, but on private land and unable to access it during the 2005 coastal survey (7)
<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.
<7> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | 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. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
