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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 1120 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Possible fish trap, Hoo Flats, Hoo St. Werburgh |
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Summary
The remains of a possible fish trap on the eastern side of Hoo Flats. A very slight circular bank on the foreshore visible as an area of shingle fringed by weed was noted in 2004. Identified during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology in 2001 and again in 2004.
Grid Reference: | TQ 79141 71415 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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Parish: | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FISH TRAP? (Early Neolithic to Medieval - 4000 BC (between) to 1539 AD (between))
Full description
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Very slight circular bank on the foreshore -possibly a fish trap (1). Area of shingle fringed by weed was noted in 2004, although no definite fish trap structure was identified. (2)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2001, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Preliminary Field Investigation (Unpublished document). SWX11839.
<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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 | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2001. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Preliminary Field Investigation. |
<2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |