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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NE 1058 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Wharf, Conyer Creek, Tonge |
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Summary
A wharf at Conyer Creek was marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1893-7 and 1905-10) . In 2005 no wharf was present and the site was occupied by a large sluice.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9570 6513 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NE |
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| Parish: | TONGE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WHARF (Post Medieval - 1897 AD to 1897 AD)
Full description
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Wharf, Conyer Creek, on 2nd and 3rd ed OS (1,2). Not a wharf, or at least no wharf survives here. There is a large, metal and concrete sluice in this position, for draining the Tonge marshes, maintained by the Environment Agency. (3)
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
<3> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
