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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 NW 53
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Milton Creek Ships Graveyard: unidentified barge

Summary

Remains of an unidentified barge.

Grid Reference:TQ 9193 6517
Map Sheet:TQ96NW
Parish:SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (visible 1967, Modern - 1967 AD to 1967 AD (pre))

Full description

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Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1967 Line 28: 1333 One of a group of 7 or more barges on the west side of Milton Creek. This one lies roughly east - west and parallel to those in TQ 9194 6517 and TQ 9195 6516. They all appear as just outlines and may be deep in the mud (1). They do not show on the 1961 survey for which this area is covered by water. The 1985 survey does not cover this area and nothing was seen on that for 1990.

Vertical Datum: LAT 29-OCT-1973 Group of 4 or 5 hulks in inter-tidal shown on airphoto in 51 21 09.5N 000 45 24.5E. The framework of 2 of the hulks projects 3/4ft above the mud. The others are less intact. (2) Noted to be a Sailing Barge in 2004 on account of the presence of Lee Boards. (3)


<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9542.

<2> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3230. print.
<2>Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.