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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SE 1038
Type of record:Monument
Name:Post medieval remains at site of old sea school, Gravesend

Summary

Post medieval slipway and revetments, Gravesend


Grid Reference:TQ 6525 7440
Map Sheet:TQ67SE
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • REVETMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SLIPWAY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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Closer to the river was a post-medieval pine slipway with 2 north-south revetments representing small scale inlets or jetties (1). Additional bibliography (2) and site photographs (3-7). No visible remains of these Post Medieval structuresnoted during the 2005 coastal survey (8)


<1> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1998, The Old Sea School Site, Commercial Place, Gravesend, Kent: An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SWX6914.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9436.

<3> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10026.

<4> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10037.

<5> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10048.

<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10071.

<7> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10117.

<8> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 1998. The Old Sea School Site, Commercial Place, Gravesend, Kent: An Archaeological Evaluation.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4126. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4093. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3081. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4003. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4001. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2061. print.
<8>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.