Monument record TQ 77 NW 1365 - ?Post-medieval stock refuge mound, Cliffe

The earthwork remains of a small oval mound measuring 9m x 8m, centred at TQ 7279 7779, 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 contemporary writings (Spurrell, 1885). The site of a former 19th century sheepfold has been noted at the entrance of the field to the south of the mound on historic Ordnance Survey maps (1st epoch (1879), 2nd epoch (1896) and 3rd epoch of 1908).

The mound was mapped from RAF 1947 aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (1-5)

<1> RAF, 1947, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1923 4037 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE58842.

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

<3> Ordinance Survey, 1879, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 1, 1:2500 1879 (Map). SKE55861.

<4> Ordinance Survey, 1896, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 2, 1:2500 1896 (Map). SKE55862.

<5> Ordinance Survey, 1908, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 3, 1:2500 1908 (Map). SKE55863.