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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SE 1046 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a Beacon at Horseshoe Point, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
A Beacon at Horseshoe was one of a set of three beacons along the south coast of the Isle of Grain. It was marked on a map of the River Medway from 1910, but the site has since been developed.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8855 7418 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SEA BEACON (Modern - 1910 AD? to 1920 AD?)
Full description
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One of a set of three beacons forming two consetutive measured half miles (others are TQ 87 SE 1042 and TQ 87 SE 1045) shown on a chart from 1910 (1).
<1> Dawson, 1910, River Medway (Chart). SWX9308.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Chart: Dawson. 1910. River Medway. |
