TR 26 SE 3 - Medieval salt mound, Monkton Marshes

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Monument record TR 26 SE 3 - Medieval salt mound, Monkton Marshes

Summary

A medieval salt mound is located in Monkton Marshes just to the south of Abbots Wall. A similar monument is located some 400m to the south, and these features are though to be part of a number of monuments associated with saltworking in the Wantsum Channel at Chislet (see TR 26 NW 29).

Location

Grid reference	TR 2829 6335 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR26SE
County	KENT
District	THANET, KENT
Civil Parish	MONKTON, THANET, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

SALT WORKS (Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1539 AD? (at some time))

Full Description

<1> F1 CFW 12-DEC-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42545.

<2> Field report for monument TR 26 SE 3 - December, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5882.

<4> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<7> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

Sources/Archives (6)

<1> SKE42545 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 12-DEC-63.
<2> SKE5882 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 SE 3 - December, 1963.
<4> SWX15704 Graphic material: Google Earth.
<5> SKE25955 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
<6> SWX15705 Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.
<7>XY SKE25954 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. [Mapped feature: #51048 salt mound, ]

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Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Abbot's Wall (western section). Earthworks of a Medieval flood-defence wall, and Medieval saltworking mound.

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Record last edited

Jan 27 2023 12:49PM