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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 1129 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Upright timbers, possible fish trap, Bishop Saltings, Gillingham |
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Summary
Small upright timbers on the foreshore at Bishop Saltings. As there are also traces of wattling, this may possibly be a fish trap. Identified during a 2004 coastal survey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 81465 70806 |
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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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Upright round timbers set at an angle (pointing Northeast). Five timbers visible, between 10cm and 20 cm in diameter. Some traces of wattling at the south side, in firm foreshore mud.(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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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. |
