Collings, M. and Mounce, S. (2011). The Queenborough Lines Canal Bank Cyle Path, Halfway Road, Sheerness West, Sheerness, Kent: Archaeological Watching Brief Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1093110. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Queenborough Lines Canal Bank Cyle Path, Halfway Road, Sheerness West, Sheerness, Kent: Archaeological Watching Brief Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by The Regeneration and Economy Division of Kent County Council (KCC) to undertake an archaeological watching brief along the alignment of the Queenborough Lines, a 19th century linear fortification. The proposed development comprised the construction of a new cycle path along the alignment of the fortification, in part running behind the rampart to reflect the line of the military road. The watching brief was maintained throughout the excavation of a new cut through the rampart bank and the infilling of an existing cut. The Queenborough Lines were constructed in the 1860s to defend the landward side of Sheerness Dockyard, comprising a canal, rampart and covered way running across the north-west peninsula of the Isle of Sheppey from the River Medway to the River Thames. The Lines represent one of the phases of Napoleonic fortification. A section cut through the Queenborough Lines was recorded and the possible remains of a firestep were identified. Two pieces of 20th century pottery were observed from the uppermost deposit (104) underlying the topsoil (101) but these were too small to merit recovery and no other artefacts were recovered or observed during the fieldwork. It is likely that the section recorded relates to the latest phase of the defences modification and use during World War II. In addition to recording the rampart section, the probable remains of a World War II Air Raid Shelter were noted along the alignment of the bank.
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Author:		 M Collings
S Mounce
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2011
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District: Swale
County: Kent
Parish: Swale, unparished area
Country: England
Grid Reference: 590946, 173328 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 593611, 174785 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-162260
OBIB: 76300.02
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Created Date:		 20 May 2022