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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 78 SE 1001 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Beacon off Egypt Bay, High Halstow |
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Summary
A Beacon offshore from Egypt Bay was marked on a chart of 1836. No visible remains of this beacon from the base of the sea wall were identified during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology in 2005.
Grid Reference: | TQ 75 80 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ78SE |
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Parish: | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SEA BEACON (Post Medieval - 1836 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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Beacon offshore from Egypt Bay, shown on a chart of 1836 (1). No visible remains of this beacon from the base of the sea wall. (2)
<1> Bullock, 1836, Sea Reach (Chart). SWX8400.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Chart: Bullock. 1836. Sea Reach. chart. |
<2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |