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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1005 |
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Type of record: | Maritime |
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Name: | Remains of possible undated burnt boat, by Cliffe Creek |
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Summary
Outline of a possible boat identified, with carbonised timbers, near Cliffe Creek
Grid Reference: | TQ 708 771 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WRECK (Burnt down, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
Full description
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Possible remains of the outline of a boat, nearly 20ft long, discovered in a channel of hardened ooze. The timbers were carbonised. Associated with other nearby occupation debris. (1). There are stones lying on foreshore, but no other structures were visible during the 2005 coastal survey (2)
<1> Archaeologia Cantiana, 1966, I, Reports on excavations, II, Reports from local secretaries and groups., p.lv (Article in serial). SWX7497.
<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Article in serial: Archaeologia Cantiana. 1966. I, Reports on excavations, II, Reports from local secretaries and groups.. 81, pages xlvii-lxvi; 235-51. p.lv. |
<2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |