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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 NE 135 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Kingsdown (Oldstairs) Coastguard Station, Latrine and Rocket Aparatus shed. |
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Summary
The site of the former coastguard station at Kingsdown with its associated buildings.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3798 4786 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | RINGWOULD WITH KINGSDOWN, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The former coastguard station at Kingsdown.
A coastguard station at Kingsdown (Ringwould) is recorded on the census records from AD1841 to AD1901. The watch house and its associated cottages and latrines still survive together with a possible rocket aparatus shed constructed on the beach. (1)
Dover District Council, 2013, Dover District Heritage Strategy (Bibliographic reference). SKE31372.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Bibliographic reference: Dover District Council. 2013. Dover District Heritage Strategy. |
