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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NE 1007 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Anchorage off Shellness |
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Summary
Anchorage off Shellness
| Grid Reference: | TR 0535 6716 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06NE |
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| Parish: | LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ANCHORAGE (MARITIME) (Post Medieval - 1774 AD to 1830 AD?)
Full description
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Anchorage off shellness marked on a chart of 1774 AD. (1) Not visible during 2005 coastal survey. This is to be expected as the anchorage would lie in the water and any trace would probably only consist of scattered debris (2)
<1> McKenzie, 1774, Coast of Kent from North Foreland to Isle of Sheppey (Chart). SWX8104.
<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Chart: McKenzie. 1774. Coast of Kent from North Foreland to Isle of Sheppey. chart. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
