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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 83 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Unidentified barge, Higham Creek |
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Summary
Remains of an unidentified barge in Higham Creek.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7052 7604 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | HIGHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (visible 1961 and 1985, Modern - 1961 AD to 1961 AD (pre))
Full description
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Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1961 Line 3: 7029 Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1985 Line 6: 0092 One of two barges lying side by side, roughly north-south. Appear from 1985 photograph to be double ended. In this photograph they seem to be less covered by mud than in 1961 when they showed as a single feature (1). Some remains are visible on the edge of foreshore, but there is no access because of deep soft mud. (2)
<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10273.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 166. print. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
