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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1013 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Cliffe Creek Beacons, Cliffe |
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Summary
Cliffe Creek Beacons, marked at the entrance to Cliffe Creek, and indicating the southern end of a measured nautical mile on a map from 1852. Nothing identified during a 2005 coastal survey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7079 7707 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SEA BEACON (Post Medieval - 1852 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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Beacons at the entrance to Cliffe Creek, marking the southen end of a measured nautical mile on the 1852 map (1). No beacons visible during the 2005 coastal survey (2)
<1> Bullock, 1852, Gravesend Reach (Chart). SWX8140.
<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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. 1852. Gravesend Reach. chart. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
