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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NE 1010 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Shellness Beacon |
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Summary
Shellness Beacon
| Grid Reference: | TR 0523 6762 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06NE |
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| Parish: | LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SEA BEACON (First mentioned 1843, Post Medieval to Modern - 1843 AD? to 1930 AD? (pre))
- SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1843 AD? to 1930 AD? (pre))
Full description
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Shellness Beacon, shown on a chart of 1843 (1) and 1st, 2nd,3rd ed OS 6 inch (2,3,4) A high banked shell and sand beach at this point but no visible remains of a beacon (5)
<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> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
