TQ 97 SW 15 - Barrow Hill Telegraph stn (18th c)

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Monument record TQ 97 SW 15 - Barrow Hill Telegraph stn (18th c)

Summary

Barrow Hill. The location in the late C18th, of a admiralty shutter telegraph station.

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Grid reference	TQ 927 719 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ97SW
Civil Parish	SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT
County	KENT
District	SWALE, KENT

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TELEGRAPH STATION (TELEGRAPH STATION, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full Description

"Barrow Hill" telegraph station, part of the late 18th century Admiralty Shutter system (see Illustration Card for plan). The original list of stations gives the site as "Furze Hill" (shown at TQ 927 720 - O.S. 1:10000 1974). (1)

Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). Ske11943.

<1> The Old Telegraphs 1976 10 19 (G Wilson) (OS Card Reference). SKE50452.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE11943.

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--- SKE11943 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation.
<1>XY SKE50452 OS Card Reference: The Old Telegraphs 1976 10 19 (G Wilson). [Mapped feature: #36997 Telegraph station, ]
<2> SKE11943 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation.