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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 9 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Oakham Ness battery, Hoo St. Werburgh |
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Summary
The remains of a 17th Century Battery at Oakham Marsh were previously identified from aerial photographs. Nothing was visible at the site during a 2004 coastal survey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 836 718 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SW |
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| Parish: | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (Post Medieval - 1600 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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[TQ 836 719] Oakham Ness battery, 17th Century (1). Site photograph (2). No visible remains in 2004. (3)
<1> A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 14 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE32799.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9566.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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>XY | OS Card Reference: A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 14 (D Bennett). [Mapped feature: #32413 fort, ] |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4048. print. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |
