Farmstead record TQ 77 NW 1031 - Sheepfold on Higham Marshes

Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on one side
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Farmstead completely demolished
Notes: Tithe: enclosure only
(1-2)

Description from record TQ 77 NW 1031:
Remains of enclosure. Photographs (1-3). No Access to this monument during 2005 coastal survey (4)

The sheepfold was built on the remains of a possible medieval saltern mound (TQ 77 NW 1351). As with many saltern mounds, the post medieval sheepfold was located on the south-eastern side of the enclosed raised area, utilising an elevated position in the marsh. The sheepfold is recorded on the 1st edition OS map of 1879. The mound was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (5-7)

<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10278.

<1> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10272.

<2> English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE18076.

<3> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10112.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

<5> RAF, 1953, RAF/82/732 0022 23-FEB-1953 (Photograph). SKE58817.

<6> Ordinance Survey, 1879, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 1, 1:2500 1879 (Map). SKE55861.

<7> Ordinance Survey, 1908, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 3, 1:2500 1908 (Map). SKE55863.