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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 1037
Type of record:Monument
Name:Unidentified hulked vessel/structure, Hoo Flats, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

Unidentified hulked vessel/structure identified from aerial photographs at the norther edge of Hoo Flats. Inspection during a 2004 coastal survey led to the conclusion that this is in fact the remains of a wharf structure.


Grid Reference:TQ 79803 71677
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WHARF (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Unidentified hulked vessel/structure. Photographs (1,2) In 2004, a timber structure, though not a vessel in appearance, was recorded. The structure seems more like a wharf as large upright timbers in a roughly rectangular plan with smaller uprights between them is present. (3)


<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10335.

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10331.

<3> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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. 69. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 127. print.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.