TQ 77 NW 1014 - Site of Lower Hope Point Beacon, Cliffe

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Monument record TQ 77 NW 1014 - Site of Lower Hope Point Beacon, Cliffe

Summary

The remains of a pair of open iron-framed beacons, designed to assist with navigation along this part of the Thames Estuary, and in place from 1886 or earlier. They previously flanked either side of a small coastal battery at Lower Hope Point. The north-west (seaward) beacon survives as a collapsed and degraded frame on the foreshore, whereas the basal concrete plinth is the only extant element of the south-east (landward) beacon.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 7147 7881 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet	TQ77NW
County	KENT
Civil Parish	CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority	MEDWAY

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Type and Period (1)

SEA BEACON (Post Medieval - 1852 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full Description

Bullock, 1852, Gravesend Reach (Chart). SWX8140.

Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

<1c> The National Archive, The National Archive: item ref WO 78/4963. (Archive). SKE55699.

<1a> Cherry, A., 1998, A Pictorial History of Cooling and Cliffe: Looking back from the Millennium’. Cliffe: Martins News. (Bibliographic reference). SKE55697.

<1> Rebecca Pullen, 2011, 01-JAN-2011/EH: Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project [5733], 1 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE55696.

<1b> English Heritage, 2013, Curtis's and Harvey Ltd Explosives Factory, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, Medway. Archaeological Survey and Analysis of the Factory Remains Volume 2 of 2. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31442.

Sources/Archives (6)

--- SWX12323 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.
--- SWX8140 Chart: Bullock. 1852. Gravesend Reach. chart.
<1b> SKE31442 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Curtis's and Harvey Ltd Explosives Factory, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, Medway. Archaeological Survey and Analysis of the Factory Remains Volume 2 of 2..
<1> SKE55696 Miscellaneous Material: Rebecca Pullen. 2011. 01-JAN-2011/EH: Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project [5733]. 1.
<1a> SKE55697 Bibliographic reference: Cherry, A.. 1998. A Pictorial History of Cooling and Cliffe: Looking back from the Millennium’. Cliffe: Martins News..
<1c> SKE55699 Archive: The National Archive. The National Archive: item ref WO 78/4963..

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Non-Intrusive Event: Survey, North Kent Coastal Zone: Phase ll, Year Two (Ref: 56751) (EWX8626)

Record last edited

Dec 7 2023 12:09PM