Thesaurus Term/Concept: BOOM

Identifier 118873
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A barrier, usually of wood or chain, stretched across the entrance to a harbour, port or anchorage, to control entry and/or limit the effect of the weather on the wave action.

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Instances/Examples (9)

Context Record
Monument Type MKE123226 A defensive chain across the Medway to protect Chatham Dockyard and Upnor Castle (Maritime)
Monument Type MKE122964 A series of long thin linear features can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 2007 (Monument)
Monument Type MKE42054 Boom (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18085 Boom defence, Graveney (Monument)
Monument Type MKE110716 Former site of 'Boom House', Western Docks, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE16397 Harbour defence: boom defence (1890s+) (Monument)
Monument Type MWX17807 Line of single piles (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18417 Site of defensive Boom? Near St. Mary's Bay, High Halstow (Monument)
Monument Type MKE125809 The structural remains of the timber section of the First World War boom defence between Grain and Sheerness (Monument)