Monument record TQ 77 SW 1165 - The earthwork remains of a small oval mound centred

The earthwork remains of a small oval mound centred at TQ 7140 7414, measuring 7m x 5m. This is thought to be an example of the stock refuge mounds constructed in the 19th century or earlier on low-lying pasture within the marshlands of the Hoo Peninsula and the margins of the Thames Estuary. These mounds have been referred to and identified in a contemporary paper on the subject (Spurrell, 1885).
This site was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1951 as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (1-2)

<1> RAF, 1951, NMR RAF/540/636 4001 03-DEC-1951 (Photograph). SKE55987.

<2> Spurrell FCJ,, 1885, Early Sites and Embankments on the Margins of the Thames Estuary (Article in serial). SKE53799.

<3> Historic England, Archive material (Archive). SKE58415.