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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SE 1147
Type of record:Monument
Name:Hard, or slipway, near Elphinstone Point, Isle of Grain

Summary

A hard (or jetty) is marked on the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey map and also on the 2nd and 4th editions (1891-1940). It is marked as a Slipway on the modern OS map and this was confirmed during a 2002 survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 86006 74183
Map Sheet:TQ87SE
Parish:ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • HARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1891 AD? to 1940 AD? (pre))

Full description

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Hard (or jetty) identified on 3rd ed. OS map, marked as Slipway on modern OS (1). Site identified during 2002 survey and now comprises a disused concrete slipway (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).