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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 1024
Type of record:Monument
Name:Remains of a slipway by Hoo Fort, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

A slipway by Hoo Fort, seem as a double row of piles running into the sea in aerial photographs. Also marked on the Ordnance Survey historic maps (c.1858-1940) and forms part of the scheduled ancient monument at Hoo Fort. A chalk bed was noted to be on the slipway during a 2004 coastal survey.


Grid Reference:TQ 79562 70170
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SLIPWAY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1950 AD?)

Full description

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Slipway by Hoo Fort. Shown as a Double row of piles running into the sea in 1980's Aps (1-11). Seen in 2004: a chalk bed was noted to be on the slipway. (12)


<1> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11186.

<2> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11184.

<3> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11183.

<4> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11182.

<5> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11181.

<6> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11180.

<7> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11179.

<8> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11178.

<9> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10400.

<10> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10370.

<11> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9575.

<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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): 1986. Photograph. TQ7970/6. print.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ7970/4. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ7970/3. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ7970/2. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/19. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/18. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/17. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7970/16. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 146. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 54. print.
<11>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4127. print.
<12>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.