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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NE 114 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Embankment of disused military railway, Yantlet Creek, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
An embankment on the Right bank of Yantlet Creek was part of the former military railway serving Yantlet Range. It was identified during a 2002 survey and the iron rail tracks may be associated with a wharf at the Yantlet Firing range (see TQ 87 NE 113).
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8690 7720 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RAILWAY (Modern - 1901 AD to 2007 AD)
Full description
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Right bank of Yantlet Creek. Embankment of former military railway serving Yantlet Range. (1). Photographs (2-3). Site identified during 2002 survey and the iron rail tracks may be associated with TQ 87 NE 113 (4).
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9553.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9554.
<4> 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> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4014. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4016. print. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot). |
