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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 NW 19
Type of record:Monument
Name:saltmound, medieval/Post Medieval

Summary

saltmound, Medieval/post-medieval


Grid Reference:TQ 9072 6881
Map Sheet:TQ96NW
Parish:IWADE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SALT WORKS (SALT WORKS, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval salt-working mound

Full description

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One of two salt-working mounds situated on the Coldharbour Marshes at TQ 90736881. Surveyed at 1:2500. [For salt-working on Sheppey See TQ 97 SW 6](1). A rapid field survey by Wessex Archaeology in 1992 notes 1 mound but did not record it in detail. Additional reference (2-4) and site photographs (5-8).


Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE11943.

Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). Ske11943.

<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 Wessex Archaeology, Nov 1992, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvements Archaeological Survey (Unpublished document).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
---Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation.
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-SEP-63.
<2>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 19 - September, 1963.
<3>Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
<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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology.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.