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Monument details

HER Number:MWX43162
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible saltmound, Stourmouth Valley

Summary

A sub-circular cropmark is visible on 1940s aerial photography. It is interpreted as the plough-levelled remains of a saltmound of probable medieval date.

Grid Reference:TR 25724 63850
Map Sheet:TR26SE
Parish:STOURMOUTH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • SALTERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

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An irregular diffuse cropmark is visible on 1940s RAF aerial photography [1]. The feature measures 70m (WNW-ESE) x 85m (NNE-SSW). It is interpreted as the plough-levelled remains of a saltmound of probable medieval date. It was not visible on the Ordnance Survey 1877 edition [2].

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].


<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897,
1877/1:2500
1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<3> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500 1877/1:2500.
<3>Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
<3>Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.