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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 NW 1006 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Boat Basin (Site of Mud Dock or Sheerness Dock Basin) |
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Summary
The Boat Basin was built c.1814 by John Rennie and was built on the site of Mud Dock/Sheerness Dock Basin at Sheerness, marked on a chart of 1725 AD.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9080 7536 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97NW |
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| Parish: | SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Unknown date)
- DOCK BASIN (First mentioned 1725, Post Medieval - 1725 AD to 1830 AD?)
Full description
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The Boat Basin was built c.1814 by John Rennie and was built on the site of Mud Dock/Sheerness Dock Basin at Sheerness, marked on a chart of 1725 AD. (1)(2)(3).
<1> McKenzie, 1774, Coast of Kent from North Foreland to Isle of Sheppey (Chart). SWX8104.
<2> 1728, Sheerness (Chart). SWX7857.
<3>
John Potter, 1725, Plan of Sheerness at the mouth of the River Medway (Chart). SWX9273.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Chart: McKenzie. 1774. Coast of Kent from North Foreland to Isle of Sheppey. chart. |
| <2> | Chart: 1728. Sheerness. chart. |
| <3> | Chart:
John Potter. 1725. Plan of Sheerness at the mouth of the River Medway. |
