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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 NW 1057 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Square pit on foreshore, possible remains of an oyster bed, Sharpe's Green, Gillingham |
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Summary
Square pit on foreshore - not marked on any of the Ordnance Survey historic maps but in close proximity to a hardway marked on the 1st and 2nd editions (c.1858-1898). It is thought that this pit may be the remains of an oyster bed.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 81175 68186 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86NW |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Square pit on foreshore - oyster bed? Very close to a hardway marked on the 1st and 2nd ed OS. But feature not marked on 1st 2nd or 3d ed OS mapping. Photographs (1-5).
<1> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9878.
<2> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9874.
<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9850.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9613.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9612.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4128. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4112. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3112. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4214. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4212. print. |
