Monument record TQ 77 NE 1418 - Ruined building - possible outfarm or shepherds hut, Cooling Marshes

A ruined building is present near the edge of a field on Cooling/Whalebone Marshes. The building comprised a L shaped structure with two rooms, the northern room measures approximately 6.5m by 6.5 m and the southern is 10m long by 4m wide. The remains of the walls are low along most of their length though some areas around the chimney stacks survive and the stacks themselves, (two in total, one for each room) appear to survive to their full original height. It Is possibly an out-farm or shepherds hut, though there is no reference to the structure on post medieval mapping of the area. (1)

This 20th century building can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 1947. It is situated at the southern end of Cooling Marshes at TQ 7637 7687. This building is not depicted on any pre-Second World War maps. It can be seen in ruins on aerial photographs taken in 2007. It was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(2-3)

<1> Google, 2026, Google Maps imagery 2026 (Photograph). SKE59008.

<2> RAF, 1947, RAF CPE/UK/1923 3029-3030 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE59165.

<3> Google Earth, 2011, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 2-MAY-2007 ACCESSED 31-OCT-2011 (Photograph). SKE59166.