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Monument details

HER Number:MWX43138
Type of record:Monument
Name:Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley

Summary

A saltmound of probable medieval date is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photography. Examination of modern aerial photographs suggests it has been plough-levelled.

Grid Reference:TR 24224 62932
Map Sheet:TR26SW
Parish:CHISLET, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SALTERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

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A saltmound of medieval or post-medieval date is visible as an earthwork on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photography [1]. The mound is ovoid in plan and measures 85m (NW-SE) x 75m (NE-SW). Examination of modern aerial photographs indicates that this feature has since been levelled [2]. The precise date of the features is unclear but they are likely to be medieval in date. The site was partially visible on the Ordnance Survey 1877 edition [3].

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].

This is likely to be one of the 16 saltmounds referred to in TR 26 SW 5.


<2> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<4> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<2>Graphic material: Google Earth.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500.
<4>Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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.
<4>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
<4>Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

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