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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1029
Type of record:Monument
Name:former site of Jetty, Northfleet

Summary

A jetty is visible in this location on historic OS maps of the area. It is not known if any remains of the jetty survive. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 62129 74856
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • JETTY (Earlier than 1930, Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD? to 1950 AD? (pre))

Full description

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Jetty marked on the 2nd and 3rd ed OS map (1-2). It is not present on the fourth edition (3) it is likley that the jetties were associated with and used by the cement works which occupied this area throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Whole area has been developed and is in use by Lafarge Bluecircle Cements. Not clear which structures are historic and which have been built over. (4)


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

<4> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>XYMap: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. [Mapped feature: #107536 jetty, ]
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947.
<4>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.