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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 NW 1146
Type of record:Monument
Name:salt mound, Isle of Harty

Summary

salt mound, Isle of Harty


Grid Reference:TR 0007 6934
Map Sheet:TR06NW
Parish:EASTCHURCH, 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: Medieval salt mounds

Full description

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One of a group of four salt-working mounds on the Eastchurch Marshes. Published 25" Survey correct. [For salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6]. (1) (TR 00426917) Medieval Saltworks (NR). (2) Two mounds of three plotted at TR 00086933 and 00136944. (3) 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 (4). Additional references (5,6). Photographs (7-9).


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

<2> OS 1:10000 1984 (OS Card Reference). SKE48170.

<3> AP (RAF 1.06G/UK 1444 F4161 1.5.46) (OS Card Reference). SKE34034.

<4> Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279. (OS Card Reference). SKE35683.

<5> Field report for monument TR 06 NW 19 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5259.

<6> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9507.

<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9590.

<9> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9903.

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: AP (RAF 1.06G/UK 1444 F4161 1.5.46).
<4>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 (1965) 279..
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 NW 19 - September, 1963.
<6>Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3083. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4161. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 75. print.