Monument record TQ 77 NE 1347 - ?Post Medieval livestock refuge mound, High Halstow

The earthwork of a small circular mound, probably a Post Medieval livestock refuge mound, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947. This mound, since levelled, was one of five mounds situated within a field to the south of Egypt Bay and was centred at TQ 7799 7854. Refuge mounds provided an area of high ground for livestock to occupy in the event of a flood and numerous refuge mounds were built on the marshes of the Hoo Peninsula. This was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(1-2)

<1> RAF, 1947, RAF CPE/UK/1923 3009-3010 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE58834.

<2> EARTH.GOOGLE.COM, 2011, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 31-DEC-2003 ACCESSED 3-FEB-2011 (Photograph). SKE58835.