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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 SE 4
Type of record:Monument
Name:Saltmound

Summary

Medieval saltworking mound found by the River Stour


Grid Reference:TR 2835 6292
Map Sheet:TR26SE
Parish:ASH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • SALT WORKS (SALT WORKS, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval salt mounds

Full description

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A salt-working mound situated by the River Stour at TR 28356292. Published 1:2500 survey correct. (For Md salt-working in the Wantsum Channel see TR 26 NW 29) additional bibliography (2-9)


<1> F1 CFW 12-DEC-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42545.

<2> Field report for monument TR 26 SE 4 - December, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5883.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1862-1875, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, 1938/1:2500 (Map). Ske12644.

<6> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 4 - December, 1963.
<4>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1862-1875. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500.
<5>XYMap: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. 1938/1:2500. [Mapped feature: #51049 Saltworking site, ]
<6>Graphic material: Google Earth.
<7>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
<8>Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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.
<9>Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

Related records

TR 26 SE 15Parent of: Cropmarks of a medieval moated site, Monkton Marshes, Minster (Monument)
MWX43281Parent of: Hay stack stances and possible flood bank, south of River Stour, Ash (Monument)
TR 26 SE 3Part of: Medieval salt mound, Monkton Marshes (Monument)