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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 137
Type of record:Monument
Name:Military causeway, Higham Saltings

Summary

Military causeway, Higham Saltings

Grid Reference:TQ 7015 7533
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:HIGHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • CAUSEWAY (CAUSEWAY, Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Marshes in front of river wall. Earthen causeway which may have led to the now vanished Higham Blockhouse. Causeway itself may be earlier and used later for Cross Thames ferry operations. End truncated by river erosion (1) and site photographs (2-5).A large grass covered bankrunning from the seawall to the eroding sea cliff. In the sectionview provided by the eroding sea cliff there is no visible evidence of any major foundation for the causeway . (6)


<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9422.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9859.

<4> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10112.

<5> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10272.

<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3108. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4045. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2048. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 163. print.
<6>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.