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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 1068
Type of record:Monument
Name:A hard or causeway at Hoo Salt Marsh, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

The remains of a hard or causeway at Hoo Salt Marsh. Marked in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition Ordnance Survey maps (c.1858-1922) as a hard and also on the present OS. Had the appearance of a causeway in aerial photographs.


Grid Reference:TQ 78478 70830
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • CAUSEWAY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1858 AD? to 2050 AD?)

Full description

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Appears in airal photographs to b a causeway. Marked as such in 1st and 2nd ed OS 6inch and as a hard in 3rd ed OS and current mapping (1,2,3). In ist ed OS the feature is crossed by a hardway that continuse out onto the marsh. Photographs (4-8).


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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<4> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10371.

<5> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10021.

<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9846.

<7> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9845.

<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9511.

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>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<4>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 56. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 2059. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3099. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3096. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3121. print.