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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SE 1226
Type of record:Monument
Name:Wooden posts and wattling, Sharfleet Saltings

Summary

Area of parallel posts, large timbers and wattling. Possibly a landing stage, or fishtrap, Sharfleet Saltings.


Grid Reference:TQ 86066 71719
Map Sheet:TQ87SE
Parish:UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

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Area of parallel posts, large timbers and wattling. The feature consists of 3 lines of double parallel posts with large timbers between. Parallel posts approximately 1m apart and wattling along it. The function of this feature is unknown, although possibly the remains of an early quay or landing stage or fishtraps. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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.