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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NE 113 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Wharf at Yantlet firing range, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
The wharf at Yantlet firing range was constructed in 1917. It is now used for off-loading heavy guns from barges by the Army. It was identified during a 2002 survey and comprises a concrete and timber wharf, now heavily silted up.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8678 7740 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WHARF (Modern - 1917 AD to 2007 AD?)
Full description
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Wharf used for off-loading heavy guns from barges. Large lifting gantry present. In use by Army at present. (1). Photographs (2-4). Site identified during 2002 survey and comprises a concrete and timber wharf, now heavily silted up. Iron rail tracks on quayside indicate former movement of goods (5).
Mentioned in Isle of Grain Historic Area Assessment conducted by English Heritage in 2014. "Another notable military establishment on Grain was a gunnery firing station, set up on the northern marshes by the Admiralty in 1917 for the testing of naval ordinance". In 1923 a jetty was built on the Yantlet along with other facilities. "Guns, transported from Woolwich Arsenal by barge and railway, were regularly fired across the marshes until the 1950s, despite the complaints on the local population" (6).
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9481.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9553.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9554.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.
<6> English Heritage, 2014, Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment (Monograph). SKE29397.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3015. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4014. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4016. print. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot). |
| <6> | Monograph: English Heritage. 2014. Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment. |
Related records
| TQ 87 NE 244 | Part of: Grain Island Firing Point, Yantlet Creek, Isle of Grain (Monument) |
