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Monument details

Summary

A wharf and two Jetties are visible in this location on the historic OS mapping of the area (2nd and 3rd ed OS). They were likley associated with the cement works. The area has since bee redeveloped and it is not known if any remnants of these features survive. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)

Monument Types

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

Full description

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A Wharf and two Jetties are marked on the 2nd and 3rd ed OS map (1-2). The jetties are not present on the fourth edition but the Wharf is still visisble (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, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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

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