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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 84
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Unidentified barge, Higham Creek

Summary

Remains of unidentified barge in Higham Creek


Grid Reference:TQ 7053 7604
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:HIGHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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). Remains visible on the edge of the foreshore. No access to it because of deep soft mud. (2)


<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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
<2>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.