Monument record MWX43301 - Probable saltmounds, south of the Stour, Ash

Summary

Two large irregularly shaped cropmarks are visible on 1940s aerial photographs. These cropmarks are interpreted as the plough-levelled remains of salt mounds of probable medieval date. Both are overlain by cropmarks of ridge and furrow (MWX43302).

Location

Grid reference TR 29237 62596 (point)
Map sheet TR26SE
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish ASH, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Two large cropmarks are visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The southernmost cropmark is sub-circular in plan and measures c.30 m in diameter. The northernmost cropmark lies 20m to the NEt and is banana-shaped in plan, it measures c.60 long by 10m wide. They are interpreted as the plough-levelled remains of salt mounds of probable medieval date. Both are overlain by cropmarks of ridge and furrow (MWX43302).

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [2]


<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<2> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 (3)

  • <2> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <2> Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Aug 15 2013 12:30PM