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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NE 31 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Coastguard Cottages, Hamlet of Shellness |
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Summary
Coastguard Cottages (formally Shellness Coastguard Station)
| Grid Reference: | TR 0544 6794 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06NE |
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| Parish: | LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Coastguard Cottages, Shellness. Shown on all mapping since from 1st ed OS 6 inch (1-4). Additional reference to site (5) and site photographs (6-10). Cottages still in use, obviously holiday cottages. What appears to be a watchtower of a former coastguard station still in place. (11)
<1> Bullock, 1843, River Thames from Ramsgate to the Nore (Chart). SWX8112.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.
<4> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
<5> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9593.
<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9594.
<8> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10206.
<9> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10207.
<10> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10208.
<11> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Chart: Bullock. 1843. River Thames from Ramsgate to the Nore. chart. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. |
| <3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. |
| <4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
| <5> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4168. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4173. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3251. print. |
| <9> | Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3259. print. |
| <10> | Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3261. print. |
| <11> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
