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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1020
Type of record:Monument
Name:Jetty remains, on the foreshore by Lower Hope Point, Cliffe

Summary

Steel pile and grid structure on the foreshore, by Lower Hope Point. Interpreted as the remains of a jetty. Identified from aerial photographs and during a 2005 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 71418 78555
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • JETTY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD to 1950 AD)

Full description

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Steel pile and grid structure on the foreshore (remains of Jetty) photgraphs (1-17). Jetty consisting of wooden piles and iron fittings. It stands about 8 m high. A U-shaped structure, about 50m x 30m. Double row of piles with crossbeams on the top. Piles are additionally fixed with diagonally crossing angled cross beams. The diameter of the piles is 0.4m x 0.4m. Parts of flooring of the jetty are still on top though much of it has fallen into the mud. (18)


<1> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11002.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9634.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9635.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9775.

<5> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10069.

<6> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10109.

<7> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10245.

<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9466.

<9> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11000.

<10> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11062.

<11> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11003.

<12> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11004.

<13> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11005.

<14> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11006.

<15> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11011.

<16> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11017.

<17> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10275.

<18> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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): 1994. Photograph. TQ7178/11. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1073. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1076. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4109. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4037. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2040. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 111. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4024. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7178/1. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7278/7. print.
<11>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7178/12. print.
<12>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7178/13. print.
<13>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7178/14. print.
<14>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7178/15. print.
<15>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7178/2. print.
<16>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7178/4. print.
<17>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 170. print.
<18>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.