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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NE 1006 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Egypt Bay Coastguard Station, Egypt Bay, St. Mary Hoo |
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Summary
A Coastguard Station at Egypt is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (c.1858-1870). The station appears to be housed in a boat labeled 'The Kite'. No further trace of this monument is visible on the later edition Ordnance Survey maps.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 77731 79135 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NE |
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| Parish: | ST MARY HOO, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Egypt Bay Coastguard Station, 1st ed OS 6 inch shows that the station is housed in a boat labeled 'The Kite' indicated on the 1st ed OS map (1).
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
