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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SE 159
Type of record:Monument
Name:The site of the former St. Margarets at Cliff Coastguard Station and Windlass.

Summary

The site of the former Coastguard station and windlass at St. Margarets at Cliff.


Grid Reference:TR 3697 4458
Map Sheet:TR34SE
Parish:ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT

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Full description

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The site of the former Coastguard Station at St. Margarets at Cliff. Built in AD1737 to house six men and a boat, it appears on the census records from AD1841 to AD1901 and on the 1st Edition OS map. In addition to the coastguard station cottages, officers quarters (MWX43760), a windlass (on the 2nd Edition OS map) and a rocket post (MWX43933) to the north are shown. The watch house and cottages survive. (1)


Dover District Council, 2013, Dover District Heritage Strategy (Bibliographic reference). SKE31372.

Sources and further reading

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---Bibliographic reference: Dover District Council. 2013. Dover District Heritage Strategy.

Related records

MWX43760Part of: Officers quarters, St Margaret's at Cliffe (Monument)
MWX43933Part of: Rocket post, St Margaret’s at Cliffe (Monument)