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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 37 SE 1021 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Kemps Stairs, near Botany Bay, Margate |
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Summary
Kemps Stairs leading from the cliffs to the foreshore near Botany Bay. They are marked on the Ordnance survey 1st edition map of c.1858-1873. Also visible on the 2nd and 3rd edition maps of c.1891-1922. Recorded during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3883 7128 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- STEPS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1858 AD? to 1922 AD? (pre))
Full description
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Kemps Stairs, stairs leading from cliff to foreshore. Feature marked in 1st, 2nd and 3rd ed OS 6 inch (1-3). Not marked on current OS
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
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> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. |
| <3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
