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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NE 119 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Causeway linking the Isle of Grain and Grain Tower |
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Summary
Causeway or hard linking the Isle of Grain with Grain Tower. Moved to its current position before 1889, replacing an earlier causeway further north, the structure which survives today may be part of a later rebuild c.1915.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8960 7601 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CAUSEWAY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1889 AD? to 2007 AD (between))
Full description
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Hard way from land to Grain Tower. Poor condition (1).
Site photographs (2-8).
Causeway or 'hard' linking the Isle of Grain and Grain Tower (TQ 87 NE 7). Constructed of interlocking concrete blocks laid between timber edging. The original access to the Tower was slightly further north via a track following an angled course. The causeway was moved to its present position before 1889, though the structure which survives today may be a later rebuild, possibly dating to 1915. This causeway also provided access to a boom laid between the Tower and Sheerness in 1911. [9].
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9555.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9557.
<4> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9998.
<5> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9999.
<6> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10000.
<7> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10235.
<8> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10237.
<9> RCHME, 1998, Coastal Artillery Fortifications on the Isle of Grain, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12515.
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. 4018. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4026. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 27. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 28. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 32. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 52. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 57. print. |
| <9> | Unpublished document: RCHME. 1998. Coastal Artillery Fortifications on the Isle of Grain, Kent. |
Related records
| TQ 87 NE 1079 | Part of: GRAIN TOWER, Isle of Grain (Listed Building) |
