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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SE 216 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval remains at site of old sea school |
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Summary
Medieval revetment
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6526 7440 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SE |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- REVETMENT (REVETMENT, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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Excavation revealed a tie-back in the centre of the site which relates to an unseen revetment and is probably Medieval. Closer to the river was a post-medieval pine slipway with 2 north-south revetments (TQ 67 SE 1038) representing small scale inlets or jetties.(1-7)
<1> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1998, The Old Sea School Site, Commercial Place, Gravesend, Kent: An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SWX6914.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9436.
<3> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10026.
<4> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10037.
<5> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10048.
<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10071.
<7> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10117.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 1998. The Old Sea School Site, Commercial Place, Gravesend, Kent: An Archaeological Evaluation. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4126. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4093. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3081. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4003. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4001. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2061. print. |
