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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 13 NW 11 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a 16th century beacon |
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Summary
C16th beacon (site)
| Grid Reference: | TR 14 38 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13NW |
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| Parish: | POSTLING, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BEACON (BEACON, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD? to 1600 AD?)
Full description
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William Lambarde's `Carde' of c.1570 shows a beacon at Postling and a total of 52 beacons in Kent. The Beacon system dropped out of use after 1640. (1) No further information. (2)
<1> Archaeol Cant 46 1934 77 (H T White) (OS Card Reference). SKE37225.
<2> F1 FGA 23-MAR-1965 (OS Card Reference). SKE42969.
<3> Field report for monument TR 13 NW 11 - March, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5365.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Archaeol Cant 46 1934 77 (H T White). [Mapped feature: #41580 beacon, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 23-MAR-1965. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 13 NW 11 - March, 1965. |
