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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 86
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Unidentified barge, Higham Creek

Summary

Remains of an unidentified barge in soft mud in Higham Creek


Grid Reference:TQ 7060 7634
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:HIGHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (visible 1985, Modern - 1985 AD to 1985 AD (pre))

Full description

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Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1985 Line 6: 0092 A barge lying alongside an unidentified structure in TQ 7059 7635 (1,2). Six wooden ribs visible standing out of the mud. Vessel may be reasonablypreserved beneath the mud. (3)


<1> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9858.

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10273.

<3> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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): 1947. Photograph. 4041. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 166. print.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.