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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 60 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Miranda, Damhead Creek |
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Summary
Remains of Miranda, British barge, in Damhead Creek
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8247 7281 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SW |
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| Parish: | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (visible 1990, Post Medieval to Modern - 1883 AD to 1942 AD)
Full description
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Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1961 Line 6: 2055 Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1967 Line 32: 1385 Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1990 Line 7: 0106 Registered No. ROCHESTER 87220 One of two barges lying inshore on the western edge of Slede Creek, site photographs (1,2). This one is not double-ended and, on the 1967 photograph, less than half her hold appears to be open. The 1967 survey shows her on a low tide apparently unchanged. By 1990 vegetation appears to have encroached on the site but the outline of the barge is still visible. The remains of Miranda were reported visible in 1986, She was built at Rochester in 1883. She was owned successively by Such and Brice and noted as derelict in 1942. (3). The barge is in a very poor state, and lies in accreting saltmarsh. It appears to be full of stone ballast. The iron knees are still largely in place, though the deck and superstructure is largely gone. The stern post is intact but the barge has no rudder and no stem is visible. The barge stands 0.5m high above the marsh in places, and approximately a 20m length is visible. The stem is facing east. (4)
<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9491.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9488.
<3> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.4.f., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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): 1946. Photograph. 3046. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3035. print. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.4.f., Page Nos. N/a. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
