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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 NE 1025
Type of record:Monument
Name:Oyster beds near Fowley Island

Summary

On the third edition Ordnance Survey map from 1901-12 there are some regularly-spaced rectangular pits shown near Fowley Island. They are marked as oyster beds. They are also shown on photographs taken in 1946 and 2000.


Grid Reference:TQ 97278 65761
Map Sheet:TQ96NE
Parish:TEYNHAM, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • OYSTER BEDS (Earlier than 1910, Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD? to 2000 AD?)

Full description

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Regularly spaced rectangular pits - marked as oyster beds on 3rd ed OS (1). Site photographs (2-4).


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

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10454.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9538.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9531.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<2>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 58. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3239. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3181. print.