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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NE 1007 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a Black Beacon (inner?), Smithfield Marshes, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
Inner Black Beacon, marked on a chart of 1836. It is also marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map as 'Black Pilot Beacon' however there is no further trace on any of the subsequent editions.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8934 7554 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SEA BEACON (Post Medieval - 1836 AD? to 1873 AD? (pre))
Full description
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Inner Black Beacon, marked on a chart of 1836 (1) and 1st ed OS map (2).
<1> Bullock, 1836, Sea Reach (Chart). SWX8400.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Chart: Bullock. 1836. Sea Reach. chart. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. |
