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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 NW 1034
Type of record:Monument
Name:Jetty, Darent Creek

Summary

Jetty, Darent Creek.

Grid Reference:TQ 53687 76027
Map Sheet:TQ57NW
Parish:DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Unknown date)
  • JETTY (Earlier than 1870, Post Medieval to Modern - 1870 AD? to 1946 AD?)

Full description

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Crane shown at this point on 1st ed OS 6 inch to the mile mapping (1). Photographs (2-7).No remains of a jetty are visible. There is a raised wide flat bank about 50m long and 10m-20m wide is set back from present creek bed. Some evidence of large squared wooden piles scattered over the bank vicinity, with iron fittings, they look modern. These could be the remains of a wharf type structure. (8)


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

<2> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10052.

<3> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10045.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9772.

<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9771.

<6> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9714.

<7> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9696.

<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3219. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4135. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6160. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6147. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 3099. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 6041. print.
<8>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.