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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1027
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Unidentified structure, on the foreshore by Redham Mead, Cliffe

Summary

An unidentified concrete structure some 20m by 8m in size. There are the remains of iron stakes and fittings. Possibly a structure from World War II. Visited during a 2005 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 71140 78074
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Associated Finds

  • PIER (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Unidentified Object (WWII?) Photographs (1,2). A square concrete platform with eight raised plinths which have iron fittings set into the concrete. The structure is approximately 20m x 8m and 0.8 m high. There are iron stakes with pointed ends lying in front of it, probably part of an iron fence around the structure (3)


<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10275.

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10246.

<3> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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. 170. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 113. print.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.