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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1128 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Parallel lines of wooden stakes by Cliffe Fort, Cliffe |
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Summary
Two 30m long parallel lines of squared stakes angled to shoreward by Cliffe Fort. It may be the remains of the base of an old sea wall. Identified during a survey in 2005.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 70716 76874 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SEA DEFENCES? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (between))
Full description
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Two rows of wooden parallel squared piles/stakes 0.05m x 0.05m, They are vertical but angled shoreward and parallel to the channel with 1.5m between the rows. It extends 30m, possibly it is the exposed remains of the base of an old sea wall? (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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. |
