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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1017 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Remains of a jetty at Higham Creek, Cliffe |
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Summary
Double line of piles c.50m in length; interpreted as the remains of jetty at Higham Creek by Cliffe Fort. Identified during a 2005 coastal survey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 70658 76502 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- JETTY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 1950 AD)
Full description
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Double line of piles, remains of jetty (1-4).. Wooden squared piles in a double row. Height about 4m, and each pile about 0.4m x0.4 m. The structure is approximately 50m. Probably part of WX17905. Wooden plank construction remains lying beneath it, probably part of wreck KE14888. Row of small stakes crossing the jetty. (5)
<1> 1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10973.
<2> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9858.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9635.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9425.
<5> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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. TQ7076/29. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4041. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1076. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4038. print. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
