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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 NE 1008 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Eroding peaty outcrop on Thames, Higham Saltings |
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Summary
Eroding peaty outcrop on the Thames at Higham Saltings.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 69665 75056 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67NE |
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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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An eroding peaty outcrop right at the river's edge. It may be the same as organic clay/peaty area further west, but it appears to be lower, so it may be an earlier layer. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
