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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SW 1017
Type of record:Monument
Name:Small rectangular concrete landing quay, Darent Creek

Summary

Small concrete quay with rail tracks set into it in Darent Creek.


Grid Reference:TQ 54338 74656
Map Sheet:TQ57SW
Parish:DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • QUAY (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Small concrete jetty with rail tracks set into it. Set on rotten square timber foundations with iron fittings. The timber piles suppoting it are rotten through and the concrete is hanging over the channel. The jetty is reinforced with I-beams. Dimensions are about 4m x7m. There are piles similar to those supporting the footbridge immediately to the south.


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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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