Monument record TQ 87 SW 1073 - Former Wharf, Stoke Saltings

Wharf identified on the 2nd ed OS map (1). Seen in 2004 the timbers of the wharf have been cut down so only shorter remnants of the large structural wharf timbers are evident. The full outline of the wharf is still visible.(2)

The remains of a late 19th century wharf can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and centre on TQ 8207 7401. This wharf was situated on a channel that fed in to Damhead Creek and was first depicted on an 1896 Ordnance Survey map. Access to this wharf was originally provided by the sea defences which had been widened for this purpose. Access was subsequently via a causeway (NMR 1541662). A track on the same course is depicted by the Ordnance Survey in 1908. The rebuilding of the sea defences here after the 1953 flood separated the wharf from the causeway and it is likely that it was no longer in use by that date. The slight remains of this wharf are still visible on aerial photographs taken in 1993. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(3-7)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

<3> Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF 106G/UK/1444 3045-3046 1-MAY-1946 (Photograph). SKE58623.

<4> 1896, Kent 1:2500 1896 (Map). SKE58923.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1908, Ordnance Survey Kent 1:2500 1908 (Map). SKE55927.

<6> Royal Air Force, 1955, RAF 58/1779 257-258 6-JUN-1955 (Photograph). SKE58624.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1993, OS/93340 125-126 20-JUN-1993 (Photograph). SKE58625.