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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NE 1003
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of 'White Beacon', Cinque Port Marshes, Gillingham

Summary

'White Beacon' - a sea beacon, is marked on the Cinque Port Marshes on a chart of the Medway from 1835. There is no trace of this beacon on any of the historic edition Ordnance survey maps and no further information is presently available.


Grid Reference:TQ 7936 6919
Map Sheet:TQ76NE
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SEA BEACON (Post Medieval - 1835 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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White Beacon, marked on a chart of 1835 (1).


<1> Bullock, 1835, River Medway (Chart). SWX8076.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Chart: Bullock. 1835. River Medway. chart.