Mundon Marsh (EHER 48453)

An area of improved grazing marsh adjacent to Mundon Creek in the Blackwater Estuary. The marsh is bordered on three sides by sea wall and borrow dyke. The grazing marsh vegetation has been largely lost.

2014. Historic Grazing Marsh Project. Historic environment character: The marsh area was embanked by 1777 <1>. Sea wall and borrow dyke are characteristic features on three sides. There are oyster beds and traces of an earlier sea wall survive beyond the current sea wall. Character of vegetation: Improved grazing marsh of little botanical interest. Dominated by Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera, Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne and Red Fescue Festuca rubra. Small amount of Crested Dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus. Along sea wall and creek large amount of Sea Couch Elymus pycnanthus and Common Couch Elymus repens. Threats: Grazing marsh vegetation threatened by further agricultural improvement and lack of traditional management. Shoreline Management Plan: Hold the Line to 2105. See <2>.