Monument record TQ 67 NE 1013 - Possible fishtrap by Shornemead Lighthouse

Summary

Substantial remains of a fishtrap made of untrimmed logs and large horizontal logs with mortise holes, with a substantial amount of wattle panels on the foreshore.

Location

Grid reference TQ 69810 75155 (point) GPS derived
Map sheet TQ67NE
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Substantial remains of what seems to be a fishtrap. Consists of large upright untrimmed logs large horizontal logs with some mortise holes cut in the ends, and a substantial amount of wattle panels lying collapsed on the foreshore. The trap is overlain by large pieces of debris from the lighthouse, and navigational light platform. wattling lying in different orientations, two pieces almost definitely at right angles. About 3m to the east there is some organic material that may be a basket? Nearby there is a bone vertebra in the peat about 40m to the east (1).


<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey, North Kent Coastal Zone: Phase ll, Year Two (Ref: 56751) (EWX8626)

Record last edited

Sep 27 2018 11:59AM