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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NW 1010 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Gold Nugget Wharf, Colemouth Creek, Stoke |
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Summary
Gold Nugget Wharf, at Colemouth Creek is marked on the Ordnance Survey historic maps (1858-1940). The site was visited during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology in 2004. Part of the wharf frontage was still visible marked by a row upright and trasnverse timbers. Brick wasters and pottery were also identified, possibly dumped to make ground behind the wharf.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 84736 75613 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NW |
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| Parish: | STOKE, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WHARF (Post Medieval to Modern - 1858 AD? to 1940 AD?)
Full description
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Gold Nugget wharf marked on 1st Ed. OS (1). Photographs (2-4). In 2004, wharf frontage is still visible marked by a row of substantial upright squared timbers approximately 20 cm square in section, upright approx. 2 metres apart. There are large transverse timbers attached with iron bolts. Brick wasters and pottery lie behind the wharf frontage, perhaps dumped there to make ground behind the wharf. (5)
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.
<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10435.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9561.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9560.
<5> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 29. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4034. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4032. print. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |
