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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 34 SW 2195
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Former site of a Lighthouse, North Pier, Dover

Summary

A lighthouse is visible at the end of North Pier on Historic OS maps dating to the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is likley that this was removed when the pier was extended and the hover craft landing was added in the late 1970's. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)

Grid Reference:	TR 3204 4046
Map Sheet:	TR34SW
Parish:	DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

LIGHTHOUSE (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1862 AD? to 1978 AD?)

Full description

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<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<3> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923) (Map). SKE30966.

<4> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952) (Map). SKE30967.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>XY	Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. [Mapped feature: #99615 lighthouse, ]
<2>	Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
<3>	Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923).
<4>	Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952).

Related records

TR 34 SW 1436

Part of: Site of the post medieval 'North Head' pier, Dover Harbour (Monument)