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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NE 1013
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Wooden object on the foreshore, Blyth Sands, Cliffe

Summary

A wooden object on the foreshore at Blyth Sands, possibly remains of vessel or navigation mark? Identified from aerial photographs and during a 2005 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 75034 79208
Map Sheet:TQ77NE
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)

Full description

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Probably a wooden object (1) Far out on the foreshore (several hundred metres out). No access to the feature due to deep mud. From the shore it is possible to estimate it being about 4m - 5m long. Possibly the remains of a vessel (2)


<1> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9826.

<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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): 1947. Photograph. 3018. print.
<2>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.