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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SE 1122
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Two abandoned barges

Summary

Two abandoned barges


Grid Reference:TQ 86115 74310
Map Sheet:TQ87SE
Parish:ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WRECK (Earlier than 1946, Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 1946 AD)

Full description

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Two abandoned barges. Photographs (1-5). Barges identified during 2002 survey and comprises the remains of three barges, represented only by their stern posts and partially attached rudders. Softness of mud prevents close approach extensive wreckage on foreshore, probably from all 3 vessels (6).


<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10429.

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10294.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9819.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9559.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9494.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 13. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 191. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4038. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4030. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3052. print.
<6>Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot).