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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NE 1070
Type of record:Monument
Name:Row of stakes on foreshore by Egypt Bay, High Halstow

Summary

Row of four wooden stakes running towards the middle of Egypt Bay. Two more stakes forming an angle at the outermost stake possibly indicative of some sort of structure. Recorded during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology.


Grid Reference:TQ 77726 79237
Map Sheet:TQ77NE
Parish:HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • STRUCTURE? (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 2007 AD)

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Row of four wooden stakes running towards the middle of the Bay. Two more stakes forming an angle at the outermost stake. About 20m long, stakes 0.2m high, diameter. 0.04m-0.06m. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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.