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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 1091 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Remains of unidentified barge, Damhead Creek |
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Summary
Remains of unidentified barge first seen on 1946 airphoto, in Damhead Creek
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8176 7303 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SW |
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| Parish: | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Modern - 1946 AD to 1946 AD (pre))
- WRECK (earlier than 1946, Modern - 1946 AD to 1946 AD (pre))
Full description
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Remains of barges first seen on 1946 aerial photographs (1-6).
The aerial photographs for this area are inconclusive with regards to barge remains. The 1961 survey (KCC 1961 Line 5: 2158) shows five barges lying on the intertidal mud, side by side and end on to the west shore in approximate position TQ 8176 7306. They are all around 20m in length and double-ended with possible divisions in their holds. Just to the north of this group is another barge of comparable size, which lies end on to a smaller double-ended vessel. Two further barges lie against the shore to the south of the small jetty which stands at TQ 8172 7318. On the 1967 survey no barges are visible in the 1961 locations. Moreover comparison between KCC 1967 Line 33: 1254 and KCC 1967 Line 32: 1383 suggests that some, if not all the dozen, or so barges which are visible afloat in the channel are actually working - possibly dredging the channel (note vessel at south end of channel and possible grab barge). The 1985 survey (KCC 1985 Line 8: 0200) shows 3 barges lying end on to the jetty on its southern side. While to the north there is large, light-painted vessel. This is around 90m long and its shadow shows it to have considerable superstructure. A large vessel is shown on the opposite side of the jetty in 1990 (KCC 1990 Line 7: 0107). It is around 50m long and 10m wide (amidships where there appears to be a slight projection on either side) However, the 1990 survey shows no barges in the creek and the Society for Spritsail Barge Research note that all remains were cleared from the creek by 1987. The Last Berth of the Sailormen, Society for Spritsail Barge Research 1987 records many barges in this creek but notes that the remains were cleared by 1987. (1-6). The foreshore is littered with timbers and iron fittings all of which are very broken up. There are no outlines of individual barges discernable. It may be that the surviving remains of a number of collapsed barges are tangled together. (7)
<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9565.
<2> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9837.
<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9867.
<4> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10308.
<5> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10310.
<6> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10311.
<7> 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> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4046. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3071. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4089. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 178. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 133. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 135. print. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
