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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 97 SW 7
Type of record:Monument
Name:Unidentified Saltwork

Summary

9 mounds in Neatscourt/Cheyney Marshes. Probably the site of saltworkings.

Grid Reference:TQ 9288 7075
Map Sheet:TQ97SW
Parish:MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: One of a group of many salt-working mounds on the Neatscourt/Cheyney Marshes one of which was badly mutilated by the cutting of the new Kingsferry Bridge road

Full description

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One of a group of many salt-working mounds on the Neatscourt/Cheyney Marshes one of which was badly mutilated by the cutting of the new Kingsferry Bridge road. Published 25' survey revised.

[for salt-working on Sheppey see TQ 97 SW 6] (1) (TQ 92437075) Saltworks (NR) (site of) (NAT) (TQ 92887075) Saltworks (NR) (site of) (NAT) (2). Additional reference from relevant sources (3,4). Eight salterns were located and planned in 1992. Extensive platform and ditch and drain systems associated with some of the mounds were also noted (5,6). Site photographs (7-9).Additional bibliography (10) Historic England archive material: AF0926057 RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent The Roman and medieval salt mounds were surveyed by RCHME Cambridge in July 1994, as part of the East Thames Corridor Project.Contents : 2 plans, 1 sheet of profiles, report, 27 field record forms, 5 traverse recording formsCondition : INTACT


<1> F1 CFW 04-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42424.

<2> OS 1:10000 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48159.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 97 SW 7 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5025.

<4> RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent (Collection). SKE6557.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, Nov 1992, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvements Archaeological Survey (Unpublished document). SWX7237.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 1992 Oct, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough improvement, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 1: Desk Study (Unpublished document). SWX7146.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9585.

<8> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9801.

<9> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10321.

<10> Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE11943.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-SEP-63.
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1974.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 97 SW 7 - September, 1963.
<4>Collection: RCHME: Sheppey salt-working mounds, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
<5>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. Nov 1992. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvements Archaeological Survey.
<6>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1992 Oct. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough improvement, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 1: Desk Study.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4149. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3023. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 101. print.
<10>XYUnpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation. [Mapped feature: #36909 Saltern, ]