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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NE 1010 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of defensive Boom? Near St. Mary's Bay, High Halstow |
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Summary
The site of a suspected defensive boom (possibly a pipeline) across the River Thames. Previously identified from aerial photographs but not visible during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology in 2002.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 78834 79298 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NE |
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| Parish: | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BOOM (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Boom/pipeline, possibly site of defensive boom accross Thames. Photographs (1-4). Site not identified during 2002 survey (5).
<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9645.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9644.
<3> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10002.
<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9853.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4450. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3057. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 34. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4007. print. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot). |
