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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1120
Type of record:Landscape
Name:Peat on foreshore by Higham Saltings, Cliffe

Summary

Eroding peat on the foreshore by Higham Saltings. Evidence of an ancient landscape? Identified during a survey in 2005.


Grid Reference:TQ 70881 75968
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • NATURAL FEATURE (Early Mesolithic to Late Iron Age - 10000 BC to 42 AD (at some time))

Full description

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Peat exposure running parallel to the marsh cliff edge in the soft mud. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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.