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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NE 26 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Landrail, spritsail barge, Conyer Creek |
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Summary
Landrail, an English spritsail barge was built at Lower Halstow in 1894 and was reported as a mud lighter in 1940. After 1940,she was derelict although her remains were noted as visible in Conyer Creek in 1986.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 961 655 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NE |
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| Parish: | TONGE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (visible in 1986, Post Medieval to Modern - 1894 AD to 1940 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 104822 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. LANDRAIL was built at Lower Halstow in 1894. She was owned by Eastwoods. She is described as a mud lighter until 1940 then as derelict. Her remains were reported visible in 1986. (1). The barge has been removed, buried under the seawall/mud, or is marked in the incorrect location. No visible remains in 2005 (2)
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.5.h., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.
<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.5.h., Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
