Monument record TQ 77 NW 1376 - Post-medieval stock refuge mound, Cliffe

The earthwork remains of an oval mound measuring 5m x 8.5m, centred at TQ 7409 7757, one of two adjacent mounds thought probably to be a 19th century or earlier stock refuge mounds, many of which were 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 adjacent mound is recorded separately as NMR Monument Number: 1532208. These were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (1-2)

<1> RAF, 1953, NMR RAF/82/713 0504 06-FEB-1953 (Photograph). SKE57183.

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