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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 NE 1068 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Ingress Abbey Wharf and Pier (3rd ed OS), Swanscombe |
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Summary
Ingress Abbey Wharf and Pier (3rd ed OS), Swanscombe
| Grid Reference: | TQ 59380 75455 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57NE |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Modern - 1930 AD? to 1997 AD?)
- WHARF (Earlier than 1930, Modern - 1930 AD? to 1997 AD? (pre))
Full description
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Ingress Abbey Wharf and Pier marked on the 3rd ed OS map (1). The jetty is now demolished. Any pier and structures in the channel are now removed and nothing is visible above the waterline. There are substantial remains visible on the riverbank. Numerous wooden piles and crossbeams survive with iron fittings. In some places it seems the jetty piles survive up to the jetty floor height, about 5m -6m. The surviving remains on the shore are about 100m x 40m at their ends. They are 10m wide along long axis. There are scattered smaller timbers on the foreshore maybe only remains of east wing of the jetty. (2)
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
