Monument record TQ 77 NW 154 - Probable saltern identified by aerial photographs

The earthwork remains of an oval mound measuring c.13m x 20m, probably an example of a 19th century or earlier stock refuge mound. The mound is centred at TQ 7393 7890 and is one of three located within a single low-lying field within the marshlands of the Hoo Peninsula and the margins of the Thames Estuary. This form of mound has been referred to and identified in a contemporary paper on the subject (Spurrell, 1885).These were mapped from RAF 1953 aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (1-4)

<1> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.

<2> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.

<3> Royal Air Force, 1953, NMR RAF/82/713 0196 16-FEB-1953 (Photograph). SKE58580.

<4> Spurrell FCJ,, 1885, Early Sites and Embankments on the Margins of the Thames Estuary (Article in serial). SKE53799.