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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SE 1217
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible fishtrap, Sharpness Saltings

Summary

Deliberate arrangement of worked timber and wattling, possibly a fishtrap, Sharpness Saltings.


Grid Reference:TQ 85607 72114
Map Sheet:TQ87SE
Parish:UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

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Deliberate arrangement of worked timber and wattling. Squared timbers are c.0.15m squared. These appear at regular intervals on the internal side of wattle panels (?) supported by vertical roundwood posts, c.80mm in diameter. (1)


<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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