Monument record TQ 87 NE 119 - Causeway linking the Isle of Grain and Grain Tower

Summary

Causeway or hard linking the Isle of Grain with Grain Tower. Moved to its current position before 1889, replacing an earlier causeway further north, the structure which survives today may be part of a later rebuild c.1915.

Location

Grid reference TQ 8960 7600 (point) Centred
Map sheet TQ87NE
County KENT
Civil Parish ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9555.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9557.

<4> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9998.

<5> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9999.

<6> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10000.

<7> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10235.

<8> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10237.

<9> RCHME, 1998, Coastal Artillery Fortifications on the Isle of Grain, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12515.

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
  • <2> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4018. print.
  • <3> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4026. print.
  • <4> Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 27. print.
  • <5> Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 28. print.
  • <6> Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 32. print.
  • <7> Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 52. print.
  • <8> Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 57. print.
  • <9> Unpublished document: RCHME. 1998. Coastal Artillery Fortifications on the Isle of Grain, Kent.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2016 1:33PM