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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NW 1009 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Location of the Elmley Ferry, Swale |
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Summary
Elmley Ferry and its associated hard is marked on a Chart of the area from 1774. It is also marked on the 1st - 4th edition Ordnance survey historic maps (c.1858-1940) but is now disused.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 93496 66511 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NW |
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| Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1774 AD? to 1940 AD?)
Full description
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Elmley Ferry hard marked on a chart of 1774, route of ferry should also be considered as a site as archaeological deposits will have acululated as a result of activity on the surface. (9)
Hard and piles marking access route to Elmley Ferry are visable on AP's (1-8). Site identified during 2002 survey and comprises a raised causeway topped by a double row of vertical piles. At end of causeway [at low water mark] two talll vertical poles mark the end. Causeway now utilised by partially buried cables (10).
<1> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11328.
<2> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11327.
<3> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10451.
<4> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10450.
<5> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10381.
<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9603.
<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9541.
<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9533.
<9> McKenzie, 1774, Coast of Kent from North Foreland to Isle of Sheppey (Chart). SWX8104.
<10> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ9366/2. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ9366/1. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 50. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 48. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 97. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4192. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3232. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3188. print. |
| <9> | Chart: McKenzie. 1774. Coast of Kent from North Foreland to Isle of Sheppey. chart. |
| <10> | Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot). |
