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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SE 227
Type of record:Monument
Name:Causeway (c.1870), by Shornemead Fort

Summary

Causeway (c.1870) now collapsed, by Shornemead Fort

Grid Reference:TQ 6922 7490
Map Sheet:TQ67SE
Parish:SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

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

Full description

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Foreshore in front of Shornemead Fort. Stone slab pier from land to river edge. Very damaged and eroded condition. (1) Probably associated with adjacent Jetty on 3rd ed. OS map (2). Photos (3-41) A timber, stone and concrete structure. It has totally collapsed. There are two rows of upright squared and rectangular section timbers running down to the river with a great deal of stone and concrete debris. The surviving timbers stand up to 2m high. There is a revetment on the shore up to 60m long running to the east parallel to the river. The end of the pier has rubble behind the timbers, again standing up to 2m high. (42)


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

<2> N/A, Ordnance Survey Map. Old Monarch record with attached monuments (Map). SKE6458.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9420.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9859.

<5> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10003.

<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10067.

<7> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10271.

<8> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10280.

<9> 1978, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10918.

<10> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10919.

<11> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10920.

<12> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10921.

<13> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10922.

<14> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10923.

<15> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10924.

<16> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10925.

<17> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10926.

<18> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10927.

<19> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10928.

<20> 1978, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10929.

<21> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10930.

<22> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10931.

<23> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10932.

<24> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10933.

<25> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10935.

<26> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10936.

<27> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10937.

<28> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10938.

<29> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10939.

<30> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10940.

<31> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10941.

<32> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10942.

<33> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10943.

<34> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10944.

<35> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10945.

<36> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10946.

<37> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10949.

<38> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10950.

<39> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10951.

<40> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10952.

<41> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9404.

<42> 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>Map: N/A. Ordnance Survey Map. Old Monarch record with attached monuments.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3106. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4045. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 36. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4029. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 161. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 180. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1978. Photograph. TQ6974/1. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/10. print.
<11>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/11. print.
<12>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/12. print.
<13>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/13. print.
<14>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/14. print.
<15>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/15. print.
<16>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/16. print.
<17>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/17. print.
<18>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/18. print.
<19>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/19. print.
<20>Photograph (Print): 1978. Photograph. TQ6974/2. print.
<21>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/20. print.
<22>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/21. print.
<23>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/22. print.
<24>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/23. print.
<25>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/25. print.
<26>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/26. print.
<27>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/27. print.
<28>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/28. print.
<29>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/29. print.
<30>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/3. print.
<31>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/30. print.
<32>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/31. print.
<33>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/32. print.
<34>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/33. print.
<35>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/34. print.
<36>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/35. print.
<37>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/6. print.
<38>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/7. print.
<39>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/8. print.
<40>Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ6974/9. print.
<41>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3041. print.
<42>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.