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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1059 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Floating jetty, Higham Creek, Cliffe |
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Summary
Floating jetty visible in 1946 aerial photograph, Higham Creek, by Cliffe Fort. A 2005 caostal survey identified wooden piles and planks, as well as a a concrete platform standing on concrete piles that was not thought to be part of the jetty.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 70731 76448 |
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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 (Modern - 1946 AD to 1946 AD (pre))
Full description
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Floating jetty in 1946 AP. Photographs (1-5). A double and partly triple row of squared wooden piles and planks approximately 150 m long . It stands up to 3 m high, and the piles are 0.3m x0.3 m in diameter. The structure is braced with iron transverse bars. There is a concrete platform standing on concrete piles towards the northwestern end. Does not seem to be part of the jetty. Another concrete structure, destroyed, immediately beneath the jetty. There are wooden construction remains lying between the jetty remains. (6)
<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10273.
<2> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10111.
<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9858.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9635.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9425.
<6> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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): 2000. Photograph. 166. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2045. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4041. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1076. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4038. print. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
