Monument record TQ 87 NE 1050 - Site of a Wharf, Colemouth Creek, Stoke

Wharf identified on the 3rd ed OS map (1). The site is presently occupied by a scaffold-built gantry while a large amount of modern boat debris is scattered around the area. (2)

The remains of a late 19th century wharf can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 1946. This wharf was situated on Colemouth Creek at TQ 8507 7544 and was first depicted on an 1896 Ordnance Survey map. Access to this wharf was provided by a causeway across the marshes (NMR 1541698), a track following the same course is also depicted on the map. Aerial photographs taken in 2007 show that a jetty is now at this location and no trace of the wharf can be identified. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(3-5)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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

<3> RAF, 1946, RAF 106G/UK/1444 4031-4032 1-MAY-1946 (Photograph). SKE55955.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<5> Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TQ8575 21-APR-2007 (Photograph). SKE55956.