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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 1005 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Lifting Bridge/Drawbridge, Darent Creek |
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Summary
Lifting Bridge/Drawbridge, on 2nd and 3rd ed OS in Darent Creek
| Grid Reference: | TQ 54224 74750 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BRIDGE (Lifting bridge 2nd ed OS, Post Medieval - 1897 AD to 1897 AD (pre))
- SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1897 AD to 1910 AD)
- DRAWBRIDGE (3rd ed OS 1905-1910, Modern - 1910 AD to 1910 AD (pre))
Full description
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Lifting Bridge/Drawbridge, on 2nd and 3rd ed OS (1,2). Brick and concrete built drawbridge ramps. Dressed stone capstones. Wooden wales with horizontal rubbing beams to protect vessels. No visible remains of the bridge across the creek. (3)
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
