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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NW 1133
Type of record:Monument
Name:Revetment, Nor Marsh, Gillingham

Summary

Single row of timber piles thought to be the remains of a revetment on the seaward side of a defended embankment. The embankment is defended with roughly hewn ragstone. Identified during a 2004 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 81704 69907
Map Sheet:TQ86NW
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • REVETMENT? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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Single row of timber piles indicative of revetment on seaward side of defended embankment. The embankment is defended with roughly hewn 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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

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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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.