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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1160
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible remains of a seawall on foreshore by Redham Mead, Cliffe

Summary

Bow-shaped row of wooden stakes covered by stone embankments, posts and stones. The possible remains of a seawall on foreshore by Redham Mead. Identified during a survey in 2005.


Grid Reference:TQ 70993 77806
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SEA DEFENCES? (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD (at some time))

Full description

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Bow-shaped row of three small squared wooden stakes running perpendicular to foreshore. 1.2 m long. Stakes 0.03m x 0.02m, 0.1m high. Several more singular stakes and rounded posts in this area of foreshore, probably of different ages. Partly covered by stone embankments, posts and stones continuing several hundred metres to north. Partial remains of an old seawall? (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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.