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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1016
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Margate Town Drain

Summary

A 'Town Drain' near Margate Harbour is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition historic map (c.1858-1873). It is not depicted on any of the later edition maps. Identified during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology.


Grid Reference:TR 3536 7133
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • DRAIN (Post Medieval - 1858 AD? to 1873 AD? (pre))

Full description

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Margate Town Drain, shown on 1st ed OS 6 inch (1). Not marked on any later surveys


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.