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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 1131 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Peat deposit, Bishop Saltings, Gillingham |
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Summary
Linear, straight edged area of fibrous peat, cut by upright standing post medieval stakes. Possibly the remains of a fill for a channel. Identified during a 2004 coastal survey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 81008 70641 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SW |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FEATURE? (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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20m to 30m long, 2m wide linear band of fibrous peat. Cut by 3 upright post-medieval posts. Perhaps the fill of a channel?(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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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. |
