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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 87 SW 1156
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Possible fishtrap, Damhead Creek, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

The remains of a possible fishtrap; identified at Damhead Creek during a 2005 coastal survey. The remains comprise six lines of roundwood stakes c.20-25m in length with evidence of wattle.

Grid Reference:	TQ 81907 73262
Map Sheet:	TQ87SW
Parish:	HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

FISH TRAP? (Early Neolithic to Post Medieval - 4000 BC to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

STAKE (Early Neolithic to Post Medieval - 4000 BC? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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Six lines of roundwood stakes running perpendicular to the channel, evidence of wattle, collapsed or lying horizontally against the rows. 5 rows are about 1m apart with each stake in each row approximately 0.5m apart, the maximum height of stakes is 0.15m. The 6th row lies 10m to the south west, the stakes are at an angle as if collapsed, and much wattle is exposed. The whole structure is 15m wide and 20m -25m long (lying perpendicular to the channel) in an exposed patch of firm clay. 5m to the north, small stakes run parallel to the channel lying at a very shallow angle. The main row of stakes are between 0.05m to 0.08m in diameter. The size and nature of the structure suggests it may be a fishtrap. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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
---	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.