Monument record TR 36 SW 203 - Boarded Groin

Extends from TR 3397 6221 to TR 3391 6260 and TR 3394 6312 to TR 34166378] Boarded Groin [NR - 2 places] (1)

The Boarded Groins opposite Ebb's Fleet Lane and at Pepperness (they
may have been continuous) were probably built in 1365 when there was
an inundation of the sea between Cliffsend and Stonar. (2)

The Boarded Groin, extent as given, as a simply-constructed earthen
bank 6.0 m - 9.0 m in width and up to 1.5 m in height, and in fairly
good condition. Published 1/2500 survey revised. (3)

TR 340 634 Medieval sea wall. Site no 186. (4)

TR 340 634 Medieval sea wall as an upstanding earthwork. (5)



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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1960



( 2) General reference

Hist of St Lawrence Thanet 1895 16 (C Cotton)



( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 ASP 04-OCT-63



( 4) General reference

Thanet The Arch Heritage c 1982 10 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit)



( 5) General reference

Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Record No 186