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Group of salterns north of St Peter's Church is a collection of medieval salt-production features located in Sussex, England. The salterns, which date to the medieval period, represent the physical remains of salt-working activity that would have been conducted in this coastal or near-coastal location. These features consist of the earthwork traces of salt ponds and associated structures used in the evaporation and crystallisation of salt from brine, a significant industrial process in medieval England. The site demonstrates the importance of salt production to the local economy during the medieval period, when salt was a valuable commodity essential for food preservation and trade.
Group of salterns north of St Peter's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016722. View the official record →
Group of salterns north of St Peter's Church is a collection of medieval salt-production features located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016722.
Group of salterns north of St Peter's Church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016722.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham (4.1 km), Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow (4.7 km), Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of salterns north of St Peter's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Group of salterns north of St Peter's Church stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.