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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 1012 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Oyster pits on Gillingham Marshes, Gilllingham |
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Summary
Square cut Oyster pits, on Gillingham Marshes; marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (c.1858-1873). These features are also visible on the subsequent historic edition maps (c.1898-1940) but are unlabeled.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7895 6916 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Square cut in saltmarsh. Cut marked as 'Oyster Pits' on 1st ed OS (1). Feature marked on 2nd and 3rd ed OS but unlabeled (2,3) and photographs (4-7).
<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> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9737.
<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9738.
<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9743.
<7> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9971.
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): 1947. Photograph. 5106. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 5108. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 5146. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 95. print. |
