Monument record TQ 77 NW 1358 - ?Post-medieval stock refuge mound, High Halstow

The earthwork remains of an oval mound measuring 14m x 19m, seen at TQ 7199 7664, probably an example of a 19th century or earlier stock refuge mound constructed 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 was mapped from RAF aerial photographs dating from 1951 as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The site has since been destroyed by clay extraction for the local cement industry. (1-2)

<1> RAF, 1951, RAF/540/458 3030 17-APR-1951 (Photograph). SKE58839.

<2> Spurrell, F. C. J., 1885, Early sites and embankments on the margins of the Thames estuary. (Article in serial). SWX7560.