The earthwork of a small rectangular mound, probably a post medieval livestock refuge mound, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1953. This mound was at TQ 7888 7907 and was one of seven situated within a field immediately to the west of St Mary's Bay. It has since been levelled. The field had been ploughed with narrow drainage channels that have the appearance of ridge and furrow and which predate the mounds. Refuge mounds provided an area of high ground for livestock to occupy in the event of a flood and numerous examples were built on the marshes of the Hoo Peninsula. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(1-2)

<1> RAF, 1953, RAF 58/1013 156-157 5-FEB-1953 (Photograph). SKE57165.

<2> Google, 2003, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 31-DEC-2003 (Photograph). SKE56022.