Link to printer-friendly page

It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1039
Type of record:Landscape
Name:Possible Peat exposure, foreshore by Higham Saltings

Summary

Possible Peat exposure on the forshore by Higham Saltings


Grid Reference:TQ 70138 75242
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:HIGHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • NATURAL FEATURE (Earlier than 1947, Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC?)

Full description

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

Possible Peat exposure. Photographs (1-6) The area here is now saltmarsh, quite heavily overgrown with no exposures apparent behind the seacliff. (7)


<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10279.

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10272.

<3> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10015.

<4> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10014.

<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9866.

<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9859.

<7> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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): 2000. Photograph. 178. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 163. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4017. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3016. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4068. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4045. print.
<7>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.