The earthworks of a possible medieval or post medieval saltern mound on Stoke Saltings, reused for post medieval livestock management, can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 1946. This mound, centred on TQ 8327 7379 is depicted on the 1876 Ordnance Survey map and its dimensions were circa 60m long, approximately 28m across at the northern end and only circa 15m across at the southern end. It was surrounded by a ditch which was broken on the north-eastern and southern sides. At the southern end the mound was connected to a causeway that led across the saltings. The 1896 map also shows another branch of this causeway heading south east form the mound. To the northeast a very slight causeway heads east for circa 90m. No internal features can be identified on aerial photographs but some are depicted on the 1876 map. An oval pond was at the narrower end at TQ 8328 7377 which may mark the site of the original saltern building. The northern end of the mound appears to be divided from the remainder by a narrow ditch. Either side of this is a straight sided pond. The breaks in the outer ditch either side of the internal division indicate some subdivision of the saltings for grazing. Grazing on the saltings must have largely been abandoned by 1896 by which time a considerable area of saltings had been removed (the mud was used in the manufacture of Portland cement). By the 1946 the southern causeways and the ditch on the western side of the mound had gone leaving the mound defining the south western corner of a small island. Subsequent erosion has removed all but the extreme eastern edge of the mound and flanking ditches. The north eastern causeway survives. Surprisingly, on the 2007 aerial photographs and lidar a small mound is visible at the location of the oval pond. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(1-5)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1862-1875, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875 (Map). SWX11831.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9561.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9560.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9493.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9487.

<8> Historic England, Archive material (Archive). SKE57305.

<9> Historic England, Archive material (Archive). SKE58362.