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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 NE 1062
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible sluice, Spitend Marshes, Isle of Sheppey

Summary

Two rows of squared timbers observed on Spitend Marshes in 2004 are thought to be the remains of a sluice.


Grid Reference:TQ 97502 66662
Map Sheet:TQ96NE
Parish:MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SLUICE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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Timber sluice comprising two rows of vertical squared posts with planks fixed externally. (1)


<1> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.