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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 97 SW 56
Type of record:Monument
Name:Post Medieval jetty near Joan Fleet

Summary

Post alignment on foreshore


Grid Reference:TQ 906 702
Map Sheet:TQ97SW
Parish:QUEENBOROUGH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • JETTY (JETTY, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (between))
  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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Alignment of roundwood posts running for some 140m parallel to the Swale on the foreshore at Joan Fleet, nr Queenborough. Identified 1996, investigation showed the timbers to have been cut with a modern saw, prob forming part of revetment to consolidate salt marsh (TQ 97 SW 1104) Nearby are the remains of a jetty prob also of PM date (1) and site photograph (2). No visible remains seen during 2002 survey (3).


<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Wessex Arch 1996 Queenborough Waste Water Treatment Works: Desk Based and Evaluation Reports (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9583.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Wessex Arch 1996 Queenborough Waste Water Treatment Works: Desk Based and Evaluation Reports.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4145. print.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot).