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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 1114 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Wharf in Damhead Creek, near Kingsnorth Power Station, Hoo St. Werburgh |
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Summary
The remains of a now disused wharf in Damhead Creek, by Kingsnorth Power Station. Identified during a 2005 coastal survey. Consists of timber uprights, iron fittings, a wooden frontage and infilled with rubble and slag. There is a metal bridge linking it to a metal pontoon off the frontage.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 81716 72558 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SW |
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| Parish: | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WHARF (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 2050 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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A now disused wharf by Kingsnorth Power Station. It consists of large 0.5m x 0.5m timber uprights, iron fittings, wooden frontage and is infilled with rubble and slag. There is a metal bridge linking it to a metal pontoon off the frontage. There has been some structural failure in frontage. There is a wide concrete slipway on western end about 4m across and 10m long. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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. |
