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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1016
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Numerous wreck and debris on foreshore, Higham Creek

Summary

Numerous wreck and debris on foreshore on Higham Creek in front of Cliffe Fort.


Grid Reference:TQ 70615 76492
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

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Full description

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Numerous wreck and debris on foreshore recorded in photographs (1-3). Lots of modern debris covering the hole foreshore, partly in form of middens. There are numerous scattered stakes and piles in between them. There is a large bank of concrete debris, consisting of steel lighters and cables and other unidentified debris, running perpendicular to the foreshore, 2-3 m high, 70-80 m long. (4)


<1> 1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10970.

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10273.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9858.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Photograph (Print): 1993. Photograph. TQ7076/26. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 166. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4041. print.
<4>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.