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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 1128 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Unidentified structure, defences? Darnet Fort, Gillingham |
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Summary
Roughly hewn Kentish Ragstone blocks and upright timbers near Darnet Fort, Gillingham. Were these formerly part of the outlying seaward defences for Darnet Fort?
| Grid Reference: | TQ 80664 70753 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SW |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Probable defensive works on the main channel side of Darnet fort. A substantial arrangement of numerous rows of squared vertical stakes on the seaward side of roughly-hewn boulders of Kentish ragstone. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |
