Monument record TQ 87 SW 1077 - Post-medieval circular embanked feature, Damhead Creek, Hoo St. Werburgh

Circular embanked feature identified on the 2nd ed. OS map (1). No remains visible during the 2005 coastal survey (2)

The earthwork remains of a post medieval enclosure can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 2007. This is situated on the saltings east of Damhead Creek at TQ 8203 7314. The circular enclosure is defined by a bank and originally enclosed an area circa 6.4m across though the central and southern areas have been eroded. These were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(3)

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

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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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

<3> Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TQ8172 21-APR-2007 (Photograph). SKE58631.