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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 NE 1053
Type of record:Maritime
Name:5 concrete pontoons by Swanscombe Marshes

Summary

5 concrete pontoons, by Swanscombe Marshes are visible on Aerial photographs dating to 1946. the Pontoons are no longer visible and it is not known when they were removed. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 59841 75732
Map Sheet:TQ57NE
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • PONTOON BRIDGE (Earlier than 1946, Modern - 1939 AD to 1946 AD)

Full description

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5 concrete pontoons. Photographs (1,2). No remains visible during the 2005 coastal survey, the pontoon have probably been removed. (3) no further information is available.


<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9639.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9638.

<3> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1098. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1095. print.
<3>XYUnpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. [Mapped feature: #85990 pontoon, ]