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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 1084
Type of record:Maritime
Name:5 derelict barges, Hoo Flats

Summary

5 derelict barges - two now incorporated into seawall.


Grid Reference:TQ 79259 71664
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WRECK (Earlier than 1946, Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 2050 AD)

Full description

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5 derelict barges. Photographs (1-5). Seen in 2004, the remains of the barges are still just visible above the foreshore mud, mostly just wooden frames sticking a short height out of the mud. Two have been incorporated into the present seawall. (6)


<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10334.

<2> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9869.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9839.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9563.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9512.

<6> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 67. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4096. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3076. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4042. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3123. print.
<6>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.