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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 02 NE 7 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Beacon mound (extant c.1570) (possible site) |
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Summary
Beacon mound (extant c.1570) (possible site)
| Grid Reference: | TR 0722 2565 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BEACON (BEACON, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1326 AD to 1640 AD)
Full description
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[TR 07222565] Beacon Bank (NAT) (applied to mound) (1) William Lambarde's 'Carde' of c1570 shows a beacon on the NE side of New Romney and a total of 52 beacons in Kent. The Beacon system dropped out of use after 1640. (2) No trace of the mound remains. (3)
<1> OS 6" 1908 (OS Card Reference). SKE48323.
<2> Arch Cant 46 1934 facing 77 (OS Card Reference). SKE35199.
<3> F1 ASP 15-MAR-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42126.
<4> Field report for monument TR 02 NE 7 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5039.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1908. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 46 1934 facing 77. [Mapped feature: #37226 Beacon, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 15-MAR-1963. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 02 NE 7 - March, 1963. |
