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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 1167 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Lines of wooden posts and railway sleepers, Hoo Island, Hoo St. Werburgh |
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Summary
Two alignments of vertical posts, some reused railway tracks in a row, on the western shore of Hoo Island. The railway tracks seem to be used to hold back stone revetment at foot of sea wall. Identified during a 2004 coastal survey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 78214 70514 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Two alignments of vertical posts c. 60cm apart. Wooden posts run towards coastline, reused railway tracks used to form inner row. The railway tracks seem to be used to hold back stone revetment at foot of sea wall.(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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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. |
