Monument record TQ 87 NE 1194 - ?Post-medieval stock refuge mound, Allhallows Marshes

The earthwork remains of a small oval mound measuring c.8m x 10.5m seen at TQ 8531 7763. This is 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).These were mapped from Environment Agency lidar imagery as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (1-2)

<1> Environment Agency, 2001, LIDAR TQ 8478 Environment Agency D0015779 APR-2001 (Digital archive). SKE57283.

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