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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 NE 110 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Unknown |
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Summary
REMAINS OF UNIDENTIFIED BARGE
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8788 6905 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86NE |
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| Parish: | LOWER HALSTOW, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WRECK (visible 1967, 1991, 2000, Modern - 1967 AD to 1967 AD (pre))
Full description
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Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1961 Line 8: 6708 Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1967 Line 30: 1104 Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1990 Line 9: 0233 The 1961 has no barges in this area. This barge appears on the 1967 survey and that for 1990 (1). On the later survey it seems to be more settled in the mud and its hold has begun to fill.
Position of point based on 2000 E.A. aerial photograph (1). Vessel identified during 2002 survey and comprises a concrete barge stern mostly submerged the bow stands c.2m pround. It has wooden planks running down the sie of the ship at intervals, possibly bouys once bolted into the concrete (2).
<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10363.
<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> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 35. print. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot). |
