Monument Number 1541788 |
Hob Uid: 1541788 | |
Location : Medway Non Civil Parish
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Grid Ref : TQ8106870755 |
Summary : A 19th century cement works on Bishop Saltings is depicted on the 1862 Ordnance Survey map. Rectangular remains of this can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 2007. The cement works were situated within an area defended by a sea wall. The cement works had gone by 1896, the sea wall breached and parts of the saltings lost to the sea. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. |
More information : A 19th century cement works on Bishop Saltings is depicted on the 1862 Ordnance Survey map. Rectangular remains of this can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 2007. The cement works were situated on TQ 8105 7074 within an area defended by a sea wall. The cement works had gone by 1896, the sea wall breached and parts of the saltings lost to the sea. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(1-4) |