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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1166
Type of record:Monument
Name:Sluice and piles on foreshore by Redham Mead, Cliffe

Summary

Concrete sluice in concrete seawall. 10m towards the water there is an assemblage of five abraded wooden piles. Identified during a survey in 2005.


Grid Reference:TQ 71407 78483
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • STRUCTURE? (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD (at some time))
  • SLUICE (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD (at some time))

Full description

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Concrete sluice in concrete seawall, about 2m x 4m, 1.5 m high. Approximately 10m towards the water there is an assemblage of five abraded wooden piles. Further single wooden piles are visible in the muddy foreshore. (1)


<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

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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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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.