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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1064
Type of record:Monument
Name:Pier by Redham Mead, Cliffe

Summary

Pier by Redham Mead, marked on the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map (c.1905-1922). A pier consisting of concrete blocks and wooden piles was identified during a 2005 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 71103 78145
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PIER (Modern - 1930 AD to 1930 AD (pre))

Full description

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Pier marked on the 3rd ed OS map (1). Pier consisting of six concrete blocks, each with two squared timber posts in it. It is about 30-40 m long, 2.5 m wide. Concrete blocks are about 2.5m x 1m x 1m, timbers 0.2m x 0.2m, the outermost standing alone without blocks, measures about 0.3m x 0.3m x 2m. There is pipeline with wooden plank fence beside the pier. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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.