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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 NE 1007
Type of record:Monument
Name:Hard, Broadness

Summary

Hard, Broadness

Grid Reference:TQ 59486 75570
Map Sheet:TQ57NE
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • HARD (Earlier than 1870, Post Medieval to Modern - 1870 AD to 2000 AD (pre))
  • SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1870 AD to 2000 AD)

Full description

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'Hard' marked on all OS editions (1-3) and photographs (4-7). The hard is just visible on the foreshore. It is a rectangular structure running down into the channel. It is constructed from wooden planks held by iron pins which act as a revetment holding in hard rubble. There is a great deal of chalk rubble and stone over the foreshore. There are further piles/stakes visible sticking out that may be further hard structure. (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> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10122.

<5> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10077.

<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10034.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9639.

<8> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>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): 1941. Photograph. 2074. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 5020. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4018. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1098. print.
<8>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.