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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NE 296
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible trackway, Gillingham Marshes

Summary

Timber remains in peat layer; identified as a possible prehistoric trackway. Indications to west of thin peat with flint flake remains.


Grid Reference:TQ 789 694
Map Sheet:TQ76NE
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • TRACKWAY (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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Timber, poss prehistoric trackway identified by Upchurch Arch Group (1). Thin formation of peat with timber fragments in peat and clay, LBA? Indications to west of thin peat with flint flake, ?LBA (2).


<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Upchurch Arch Group 1992 report on Nor Marsh sites to KCC (site no. 52) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Upchurch Archaeological Research Group, 1999, Medway Estuary, site locations and summary., Upchurch Arch Res Grp (Unpublished document). SWX9337.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Upchurch Arch Group 1992 report on Nor Marsh sites to KCC (site no. 52).
<2>Unpublished document: Upchurch Archaeological Research Group. 1999. Medway Estuary, site locations and summary.. Upchurch Arch Res Grp.