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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 NE 1081 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Wooden stakes and piles in foreshore by Swanscombe Marshes |
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Summary
Long parallel sinuous line of stakes and piles angled steeply to the shore by Swanscombe Marshes. Probably the remains of a sea wall.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 59613 75616 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57NE |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Long parallel sinuous line of wooden stakes and piles angled steeply to the shore and running parallel to the shore in lines of three or four stakes wide. They extend east for approximately 200m, the rows are 0.75m apart. They are probably the remains of a previous sea wall. (1)
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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. |
