Unidentified wreck of wooden barge of uncertain date, situated approximately 20m south of Gull Down Plantation in the inter-tidal zone, west of the marina. This wreck was recorded by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office and can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 1952. These show the deck removed, revealing the hull framework. The remains of this wreck can still be seen on air photos taken in 2007 and terrestrial photographs in 2010. The wreckage cannot be precisely dated, but is characteristic of a number of Thames barges hulked, beached and abandoned from the late 19th to mid 20th centuries on either side of the Thames coastline.
Status: Site

Archive:
AF00345 Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Aerial Survey Material still held by Aerial Survey.
DP113987 General view showing a wreck on the beach south of Gull Down Plantation, taken from the west looking towards lightvessels moored at Port Werburgh
DP113988 General view showing a wreck on the beach south of Gull Down Plantation, taken from the north-west looking towards lightvessels moored at Port Werburgh
DP113989 General view showing a wreck on the beach south of Gull Down Plantation, taken from the north-east looking over the Medway to St Mary's Island
MD003093 Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: TQ 77 SE Material still held by Aerial Survey.

<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.

<2> RAF, 1952, RAF 58/85 4180-4181 24-APR-1952 (Photograph). SKE56067.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TQ7771 & TQ7871 21-APR-2007 (Photograph). SKE56014.

<4> SeaZone Hydrospatial, 2018, Digital marine geographic information derived from SeaZone Hydrospatial, 21-SEP-2011 (Digital archive). SKE55742.

<5> English Heritage, 2011, Examination of EH digital photographs DP113987 - DP113989 inclusive, 21-SEP-2011 (Photograph). SKE56068.

<6> Peter Higginbotham, Higginbotham, Peter. 2000. The Workhouse., Examination of plot TQ 7769171210 on Where's the Path? (Website). SKE53741.