Monument record TQ 77 NE 1318 - The earthworks of a possible post medieval drain and flanking banks near the centre of Cooling Marshes

The earthworks of a possible post medieval drain and flanking banks can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 1947. These are near the centre of Cooling Marshes. The eastern end centred on TQ 7625 7750 held water in 1947 and continues to function as a drain. The western part centred on TQ 7619 7753 was disused in 1947 and has since been levelled. Neither part was marked on the 1894 Ordnance Survey map and they appear to represent an earlier subdivision of the marshes. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(1-3)

<1> RAF, 1947, RAF CPE/UK/1923 4028 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE57230.

<2> Ordinance Survey, 1894, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map, 1894 (Map). SKE57249.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive (Archive). SKE58567.