Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation
Photograph Number: KCC 1967 Line 35: 1351

One of a group of 4 barges lying at the head of Cliffe Creek. This
vessel is narrower than the other craft in the group. They do not
appear on the 1985 or 1990 surveys. The later surveys show, however, that this area of the creek has been narrowed by consolidation of theland to the north east. (1)

No trace of this barge or any of the group of four noted by the previous authorities could be seen on available aerial photographs when the area was surveyed from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. This could be due to tidal and mud conditions in the creek at the time of photography. (2)

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.