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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1051
Type of record:Monument
Name:Pier by Cliffe Creek, Cliffe

Summary

A Pier by Cliffe Creek comprising iron railway tracks re-used as posts. Marked on the Ordnacne Survey 3rd edition map (c.1905-1922) and from aerial photographs. Site visited during a 2005 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 70835 77307
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PIER (Modern - 1930 AD to 1960 AD)

Full description

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Jetty. Shown on 3rd ed OS (1) and photographs (2-5). Iron railway tracks used as posts, forming a double row leading from foreshore to water. The feature is about 2 m wide. (6)


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

<2> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10110.

<3> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10068.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9775.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9635.

<6> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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): 1941. Photograph. 2043. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4034. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4109. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1076. print.
<6>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.