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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SW 1064
Type of record:Monument
Name:Remains of old seawall near Kingsnorth Power Station, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

Remains of old seawall enclosing fields are marked on the 1st edition ordnance survey map (c.1858-1873) by Kingsnorth Power Station. There is thought to be very little visible of this monument today.


Grid Reference:TQ 81102 72934
Map Sheet:TQ87SW
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

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Remains of old seawall enclosing fields on 1st Ed OS (1). Photographs (2-7). Excavation and earthmoving works in the power station ashfields. It is the dumping ground for the ash from the power station. There are no visible remains of this monument, it may be destroyed or burioed under the ash (8)


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10311.

<3> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10308.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9837.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9565.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9491.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9488.

<8> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<2>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 135. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 178. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3071. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4046. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3046. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3035. print.
<8>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.