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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 80
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Unidentified barge, Hoo Island

Summary

Remains of an unidentified barge, by Hoo Fort, Hoo Island.


Grid Reference:TQ 7960 7055
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (Date unknown, 1985 airphoto, Modern - 1985 AD to 1985 AD (pre))

Full description

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Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1985 Line 9: 0119 Photograph Number: KCC 1990 Line 8: 0155 (1). One of nine barges, line-astern, positioned on the eastern end of the island. These form the land edge between the two forts. They are not on earlier surveys. This is the second of four identical barges which close the small tidal opening to the south of the decayed fort on the north east point of the island. Additional site photographs (2-11). Iron barge seen in 2004 (same construction as TQ 77 SE 79). (12)


<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10370.

<2> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11174.

<3> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11175.

<4> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11176.

<5> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11178.

<6> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11179.

<7> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11180.

<8> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11181.

<9> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11186.

<10> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11188.

<11> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11189.

<12> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 54. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/12. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/13. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/14. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/16. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/17. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/18. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/19. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ7970/6. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/8. print.
<11>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/9. print.
<12>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.