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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1117
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible wharf on foreshore by Cliffe Fort, Cliffe

Summary

Row of wooden squared piles with attached planking and iron fittings by Cliffe Fort. May be a wharf? Identified during a survey in 2005.


Grid Reference:TQ 70704 76479
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WHARF? (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD (at some time))

Full description

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A row of wooden squared piles with attached planking and iron fittings. Massive, approximately 40m long running angled from marsh cliff up to the wreck, About 2m high, and piles are 0.3m x 0.3m in diameter. May be a wharf of some kind. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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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<1>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.