Undated sluice and gate structure, Batts Hall Dock Area (EHER 14899)

Timbers which are thought to be the remains of a sluice-gate that has eroded. This is part of a general area of saltmarsh that has been utilised and landscaped.

This is a general area of saltmarsh that has been utilised and landscaped. Lying across the mouth of a cut is a timber 20cm x 20cm square and 1- 1.2m long with eroded clay over the top. It is held in place by smaller vertical posts, square in plan, two at each side and on opposing sides. This is considered to be the remains of a sluice-gate that has eroded. In the same area was a board lying on the mud in the cut. It is approximately 3.5 - 4 feet in length and 28" wide. Rounded at one end with a round hole chiselled in the flat wide face. The edges look to have been chamfered. The board may be either a 'mast receipt or step' or part of a 'ley board' as used on barges. <1> <2>