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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 159 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible medieval settlement at Coldharbour, St Nicholas at Wade parish |
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Summary
The fragment of an island at the mouth of the Wantsum Channel is thought to have been the site of a former medieval settlement. The area is known as 'Coldharbour' which is known in Old English as a shelter for travellers in bad weather. It has also been suggested that this may have been a fishing hamlet. No further information about this settlement is known.
| Grid Reference: | TR 253 693 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
Full description
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At the north mouth of the Wantsum (TR 253693) is the eroded fragment of a former island, that may have been the site of medieval settlement, perhaps a fishing hamlet (the name 'Coldharbour' is Old English: a shelter for travellers in bad weather) (1). Photographs (2-4).
<1> Perkins D R J 1992 Notes on Archaeological Sites in the Inter-tidal zone between Minnis Bay and Recu (OS Card Reference). SKE48509.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9457.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9458.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9675.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Perkins D R J 1992 Notes on Archaeological Sites in the Inter-tidal zone between Minnis Bay and Recu. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4018. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4020. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 7065. print. |
