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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SW 68
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible late prehistoric field boundaries, Damhead Creek, Kingsnorth, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

A series of ditches/gullies and post-holes interpreted as evidence of land divisions. Full extent of features is unknown. Identified during a 2001 investigation by Archaeology South East, but these divisions were not visible during a 2005 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 8133 7281
Map Sheet:TQ87SW
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • LINEAR SYSTEM (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD? (at some time))

Full description

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The area was too overgrown to see boundaries during the 2005 coastal survey (1-2)


<1> Archaeology South-East, 2001, An Archaeological Evaluation at Damhead Creek Power Station Habitat Exclusion Area, Kingsnorth, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12300.

<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2001. An Archaeological Evaluation at Damhead Creek Power Station Habitat Exclusion Area, Kingsnorth, Kent.
<2>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.