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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1014 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Lower Hope Point Beacon, Cliffe |
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Summary
Lower Hope Point Beacon was marked on a map of 1852, indicating the northern end of a measured mile. This was identified in a 2005 coastal survey; it was in a poor condition, much destroyed. Remains comprised a rusting iron skeleton, the squared base stones for the beacon, and other timber debris.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7147 7881 |
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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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Lower Hope Point Beacon, marking northern end of measured mile on the 1852 map(1). The beacon is destroyed, it is lying asa rusting iron skeleton on the salt marsh. The squared base stones for the beacon are still in place. Squared timber posts and other debris lying around it. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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. |
