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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1016 |
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Type of record: | Maritime |
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Name: | Numerous wreck and debris on foreshore, Higham Creek |
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Summary
Numerous wreck and debris on foreshore on Higham Creek in front of Cliffe Fort.
Grid Reference: | TQ 70615 76492 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 1950 AD)
- WRECK (Earlier than 1950, Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 1950 AD)
Full description
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Numerous wreck and debris on foreshore recorded in photographs (1-3). Lots of modern debris covering the hole foreshore, partly in form of middens. There are numerous scattered stakes and piles in between them. There is a large bank of concrete debris, consisting of steel lighters and cables and other unidentified debris, running perpendicular to the foreshore, 2-3 m high, 70-80 m long. (4)
<1> 1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10970.
<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10273.
<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9858.
<4> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Photograph (Print): 1993. Photograph. TQ7076/26. print. |
<2> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 166. print. |
<3> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4041. print. |
<4> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |