Monument record TQ 67 SE 301 - Probable and possible salterns, Shorne Marshes

Summary

Mounds, probably a saltmounds, and associated banks, possibly evaporation channels. Some still visible on 2016 aerial photographs. Some of the earthwork remains may alternatively be of oval mounds thought to be 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

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Grid reference Centred TQ 6880 7410 (1052m by 940m) (12 map features)
Map sheet TQ67SE
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Mounds, probably a saltmounds, and associated banks, possibly evaporation channels. Some still visible on 2016 aerial photographs. (1)

Some of the earthwork remains may alternatively be of oval mounds thought to be 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 (2, 6, 7)


<1> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Hoo Peninsua Historic Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE29515.

<2> RAF, 1953, RAF 540/1020 0169 05-FEB-1953 (Photograph). SKE58414.

<3> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.

<4> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.

<5> Historic England, Archive material (Archive). SKE58415.

<6> Spurrell FCJ,, 1885, Early Sites and Embankments on the Margins of the Thames Estuary (Article in serial). SKE53799.

<7> Environment Agency, 2001, LIDAR TQ 6874 Environment Agency D0015705 APR-2001 (Digital archive). SKE58418.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Hoo Peninsua Historic Landscape Project.
  • <2> Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 540/1020 0169 05-FEB-1953. RAF 540/1020 0169 05-FEB-1953.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project.
  • <4> Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula.
  • <5> Archive: Historic England. Archive material.
  • <6> Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ,. 1885. Early Sites and Embankments on the Margins of the Thames Estuary. Archaeological Journal 42.
  • <7> Digital archive: Environment Agency. 2001. LIDAR TQ 6874 Environment Agency D0015705 APR-2001.

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project NMP (EKE20812)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series no 21-2013) (EKE15020)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series No. 21-2013) (EKE15021)

Record last edited

Mar 27 2026 1:57PM