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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1054
Type of record:Monument
Name:Jetty, on foreshore at Blyth Sands, Cliffe

Summary

Jetty on the foreshore at Blyth Sands, represented by a row of wooden stakes. Identified during a 2005 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 74661 79207
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • JETTY (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Jetty. Not marked on any mapping. Photographs (1-4). Four stakes in a row leading into the water, there is another stake forming a second row. Possibly a jetty? It is about 18m x 1.5 m. Stakes up to 0.7 m high, rectangular in section, 0.04 x 0.05m. Bones and charcoal on the ground. About 20 east of this is a dense scatter of stone. Far out on foreshore, a singular timber/log is visible (no access to this timber) (5)


<1> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9826.

<2> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9780.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9632.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9474.

<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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): 1947. Photograph. 3018. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3115. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1067. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4028. print.
<5>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.