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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SE 1038 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Sheepfold on Sharfleet Marshes, Burntwick Island, Upchurch |
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Summary
A Chart from 1901 shows a sheepfold on Sharfleet Marshes, Burntwick Island. Also marked on the 1st and 2nd edition Ordnance Survey maps (c.1858-1898). No visible trace of this was identified during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology in 2004.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8575 7241 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SE |
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| Parish: | UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SHEEP FOLD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1858 AD? to 1920 AD?)
Full description
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Sheepfold on Sharfleet Marshes and on a chart from 1910 (1). No visible remains in 2004. (2)
Also marked on 2nd and 3rd ed OS (3).
<1> Dawson, 1910, River Medway (Chart). SWX9308.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.
<3> KCC, 2007-9, EKPO/HERO pers comm (Miscellaneous Material). SKE13005.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Chart: Dawson. 1910. River Medway. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |
| <3> | Miscellaneous Material: KCC. 2007-9. EKPO/HERO pers comm. |
