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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NW 1029 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Linear earthwork, Stoke Saltings |
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Summary
A linear earthwork on the foreshore at Stoke is marked on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th edition Ordnance Survey maps (c.1891-1940). The function of this feature is unknown. This embankment was still visible in 2004 during a survey of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8424 7513 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NW |
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| Parish: | STOKE, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Linear earthwork, Stoke, on 2nd and 3rd ed OS (1,2) Embankment still visible in 2004, overgrown by saltmarsh flora. (3) Also visible on the 4th edition OS map (4).
KCC, 2007-9, EKPO/HERO pers comm (Miscellaneous Material). SKE13005.
KCC, 2007-9, EKPO/HERO pers comm (Miscellaneous Material). Ske13005.
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Miscellaneous Material: KCC. 2007-9. EKPO/HERO pers comm. |
| <1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |
