Farmstead record TQ 77 NE 1314 - Sheepfold north of Salt Fleet

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

A post medieval sheepfold and an adjacent building are depicted on the 1894 Ordnance Survey map in Halstow Marshes. This sheepfold was within a small field defined by drainage ditches. By 1897 a fence had been constructed attached to the sheepfold which created an enclosure at the northern end of this field. The buildings have since been demolished and only foundations are visible in 2007, the drainage ditches have been levelled. It was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.

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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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

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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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

<3> RAF, 1947, RAF CPE/UK/1923 3014 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE58563.

<4> Ordinance Survey, 1894, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map, 1894 (Map). SKE57249.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1897, Kent 1:2500 1897 (Map). SKE58577.