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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NW 39 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Unknown |
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Summary
POSIBLE REMAINS OF A BARGE
| Grid Reference: | TQ 92624 67794 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (visible 1973, Modern - 1973 AD to 1973 AD (pre))
Full description
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Vertical Datum: LAT Orientation: 100280 28-SEP-1973 Remains of a vessel, possibly a barge, exposed at HW. Shown on airphotos 0085-0087. Roughly 20-30m long. Lies very close to HW mark near ruined jetty. (1). Site identified during 2002 survey and comprises barge lying against south side of wharf. much internal structure survives including probable cargo of bricks and is lying heavily on her port side. The fastenings are comprised of large iron bolts with screw threads and square iron nails. There are occasional square copper nails within the fabric of the vessel (2).
<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot). |
