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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 SE 2 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Saltmound, Monkton Marshes |
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Summary
A saltmound is situated in the Monkton Marshes to the West of Coxon's Hill. The monument is thought to have been associated with a medieval salt working site in the area at Chislet (see TR 26 NW 29). The mound is now though to be mainly destroyed as it is under plough and has also been mutilated by silage pit.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2691 6394 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26SE |
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| Parish: | MONKTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1539 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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A saltmound situated in the Monkton Marsh at TR 26916394: under plough and mutilated by silage pit. Surveyed at 1:2500 (For M.d salt-working in the Wantsum Channel see TR 26 NW 29)(1) Additional bibliography (2-9)
<1> F1 CFW 12-DEC-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42545.
<2> Field report for monument TR 26 SE 2 - December, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5881.
<5> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<6> Ordnance Survey, 1862-1875, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.
<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<8> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
<9> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 12-DEC-63. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 SE 2 - December, 1963. |
| <5> | Graphic material: Google Earth. |
| <6> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1862-1875. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <8>XY | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. [Mapped feature: #51038 Saltworking site, ] |
| <9> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
