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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 SW 15 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Barrow Hill Telegraph stn (18th c) |
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Summary
Barrow Hill. The location in the late C18th, of a admiralty shutter telegraph station.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 927 720 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97SW |
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| Parish: | SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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"Barrow Hill" telegraph station, part of the late 18th century Admiralty Shutter system (see Illustration Card for plan). The original list of stations gives the site as "Furze Hill" (shown at TQ 927 720 - O.S. 1:10000 1974). (1)
Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). Ske11943.
<1> The Old Telegraphs 1976 10 19 (G Wilson) (OS Card Reference). SKE50452.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE11943.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation. |
| <1>XY | OS Card Reference: The Old Telegraphs 1976 10 19 (G Wilson). [Mapped feature: #36997 Telegraph station, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation. |
