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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NE 117 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Military observation tower, near Cockleshell Beach, Lees Marshes, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
A 20th century Military observation tower near Cockeshell Beach. Used by lookouts for shipping in range off Shoeburyness and to record fall of shot. Still in use for the Ministry of Defence. Assessment during a 2002 survey indicated the structure comprised reinforced concrete blocks on the seaward side, protecting an internal reinforced ordnance storage bunker.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8757 7820 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Steel tower and observation platform for observers to act as lookouts for shipping in range off Shoeburyness and to record fall of shot. In use by MOD. (1). Photographs (2-6). Site identified during 2002 survey and structure now comprises reinforced concrete blocks on seaward side, protecting an internal reinforced ordnance storage bunker (7).
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9481.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9482.
<4> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10240.
<5> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10241.
<6> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10247.
<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3015. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3016. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 63. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 65. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 76. print. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot). |
