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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 130 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Solomon's wick, Cliffe Marshes |
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Summary
Possible site of a wick (sheep farm) in Cliffe Marshes of early medieval date? The characteristic radial drainage patterns have been identified from aerial photographs but nothing further has been added by site survey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 723 785 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Poss site of Solomon's Wick (marshland sheep farm of poss EM origin). Landscape much disturbed by surrounding explosives works but poss relic of characteristic radial drainage pattern noted at TQ 723 785, generally located in (1). Site photogrpahs (2-5).. Wick not apparent from ground level and area is quite overgrown, access difficult record updated from some distance away (6)
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Milward and Robinson 1971 Hoo Peninsular and the Scarplands of Mid Kent (MacMillan) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9634.
<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9778.
<4> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11039.
<5> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11040.
<6> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Milward and Robinson 1971 Hoo Peninsular and the Scarplands of Mid Kent (MacMillan). |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1073. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3109. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7278/23. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7278/24. print. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
