Monument record MWX43139 - Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 24732 62965 (84m by 75m) |
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Map sheet | TR26SW |
County | KENT |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | WICKHAMBREAUX, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
A saltmound and associated ditch, both of probable medieval or post-medieval date, are visible as an earthwork on 1940s RAF aerial photography [1]. The mound is ovoid in plan and measures 65m (NW-SE) x 53m (NE-SW). The ditch is 62m long and flanks the western side of the saltmound, it is 11m wide. Ordnance Survey aerial photographs from the 1960s show that these features have been plough-levelled [2]. The precise date of the features is unclear but they are likely to be medieval in date. This site was not visible on the Ordnance Survey 1877 edition [3].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].
This is likely to be one of the 16 saltmounds referred to in TR 26 SW 5.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1862-1875, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<4> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <3> SWX11831 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1862-1875. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500.
- <4> SKE25954 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping.
- <4> SKE25955 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
- <4> SWX15705 Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (16)
- Parent of: Possible saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43145)
- Parent of: Probable saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43143)
- Parent of: Probable saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43146)
- Parent of: Probable saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43147)
- Parent of: Salt extraction site, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43149)
- Parent of: Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43140)
- Parent of: Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43142)
- Parent of: Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43144)
- Parent of: Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43148)
- Part of: Salt-working mounds (Monument) (TR 26 SW 5)
- Part of: Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43125)
- Part of: Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43135)
- Part of: Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43136)
- Part of: Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43137)
- Part of: Saltmound, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43138)
- Part of: Two probable saltmounds, Wickhambreaux/Stourmouth Valley (Monument) (MWX43134)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)
Record last edited
Jul 29 2016 3:09PM