Monument record TQ 87 SW 1053 - Possible enclosure, by Kingsnorth Power Station, Hoo St. Werburgh

Possible enclosure. Marked on 1st,2nd and 3rd ed OS (1,2,3). Photographs (4-7). Area covered by ash mounds. Remains of enclosure could be buried under the ash (8)

The incomplete earthwork remains of a possible post medieval enclosure can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 1946. This enclosure, centred on TQ 8219 7245, is defined by a bank and may have been constructed when the area was saltings. By 1946 the remains were incomplete, the southern side destroyed in the construction of the delph that follows the seawall facing Damhead Creek. This incomplete enclosure enclosed an area circa 15m by 9m. This earthwork, which has subsequently been levelled, was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(9-10)

<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> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9843.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9565.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9514.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9484.

<8> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

<9> RAF, 1946, RAF 106G/UK/1444 4046 1-MAY-1946 (Photograph). SKE58932.

<10> Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TQ8272 21-APR-2007 (Photograph). SKE58348.