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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 NW 1005
Type of record:Monument
Name:Purfleet Ferry

Summary

Purfleet Ferry


Grid Reference:TQ 54370 77944
Map Sheet:TQ57NW
Parish:DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • HARD (Earlier than 1870, Post Medieval - 1870 AD? to 1900 AD)
  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1870 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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Purfleet Ferry shown on the 1st ed OS map (1). No visible remains of any landing stage for the ferry noted during the 2005 coastal survey, it is possible it is buried in the soft mud of the foreshore (2)


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<2>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.