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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SE 1053 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Massive area of peat/organic clay on foreshore in front of Shornemead Fort |
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Summary
Massive area of peat/organic clay on foreshore extending for several hundred metres.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 69281 74890 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SE |
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| Parish: | SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- NATURAL FEATURE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
Full description
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A massive area of eroding peat/ organic clay at base of sea wall. It occurs in a band 20m-40m wide for several hundred metres beyond this point. It has two vertical rounded wooden posts in it, one is in the peaty clay and the other stands in the mud towards the river, they are about 0.1m in diameter. A large outfall pipe cut cuts through it about 40m east of this point. (1)
<1> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
