Monument record TQ 77 NE 1058 - Mound on salt marsh by Cooling Marshes, Cliffe

The earthwork of a small roughly oval mound, probably a post medieval livestock refuge mound, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947. This mound is at TQ 7529 7910 and is situated within a field on the coast south of Cliffe Saltings. The field had been ploughed with narrow drainage channels that have the appearance of ridge and furrow and which predate the mounds. Refuge mounds provided an area of high ground for livestock to occupy in the event of a flood and numerous examples were built on the marshes of the Hoo Peninsula. Some such mounds have been identified as Roman or medieval salterns. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(1-2)

Historic England, Historic England Archive (Archive). SKE58565.

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

<3> RAF, 1947, RAF CPE/UK/1923 3015-3016 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE58564.

<4> Environment Agency, 2001, LIDAR TQ 7478 Environment Agency D0015741 APR-2001 (Digital archive). SKE57163.