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Monument details

Summary

A Tramway jetty is visible at this location on The historic OS mapping of the area. This was the terminus of a tramway associated with the quarry and cement works to the south. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• JETTY (First mentioned 1870, Post Medieval - 1870 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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Jetty at terminus of a tramway that runs from a chalk quarry situated south of Lower Northfleet indicated on the 1st ed OS map (1). Various tramlines appear to have crossed the quarry at different times but the terminus for these was at the same point on the jetty until some time in the first half of the 20th century. By the time the fourth edition OS map was produced the jetty appears not to be in use. (2) Area now occupied by LaFarge Blue Circle Cement works, it is not clear what historic features remains and what have been built over, no visible remains of the tramway noted during the 2005 coastal survey, but layout of the cement works means it may just have been missed (3)

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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947 (Map). SKE12644.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

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