Monument record TQ 67 NW 1022 - Wooden stake and brushwood trackway on foreshore near the mouth of Broadness Creek

Summary

A well-preserved section of wooden trackway lying on a peaty foreshore, near Swanscombe Marshes by mouth of Broadness Creek. Location accurate to 2m based on available information

Location

Grid reference TQ 60412 76528 (point) GPS derived
Map sheet TQ67NW
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A well-preserved section of wooden trackway lying on a peaty foreshore. It comprises two rows of double parallel stakes with exposures of brushwood and what is probably a wattle track. The feature runs NE-SW for 25m-30m . It is in a good state of preservation, though parts of it have been exposed in an eroding sea cliff by the channel. It is approximately 1m wide. The upright wooden stakes round and rectangular in section 0.05m-0.07m diameter/ 0.02m x 0.05m. The seacliff has major density of flints visible in it, which was perhaps laid down to support the track or an earlier attempt to consolidate the ground? Locals reported a submerged forest further down shore below the trackway, this is apparently only visible at the lowest tides. (1)

Location accurate to 2m based on available information


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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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

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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

Oct 4 2019 3:31PM