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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SE 1146
Type of record:Monument
Name:Wharf at Elphinstone Point, Isle of Grain

Summary

A wharf is marked on the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map near Elphinstone Point. A dilapidated modern wharf was identified during a 2002 survey and there also appeared to be evidence of former iron machinery.


Grid Reference:TQ 86035 74157
Map Sheet:TQ87SE
Parish:ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WHARF (Modern - 1905 AD? to 1905 AD? (pre))

Full description

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Wharf identified on the 3rd ed OS map (1). Site identified during 2002 survey and comprises a dilapidated modern wharf - no logner in use. Evidence of former iron machinery (2).


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.

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>Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot).