Thesaurus Term/Concept: SIGNAL STATION

Identifier	68687
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A building or tower used to communicate information to shipping or other stations using signals such as flags, fires or lights. Roman signal stations took the form of a stone tower surrounded by a ditched enclosure and were used to warn of Saxon raids.

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Instances/Examples (12)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MWX43904 Coastguard station and Cottages, Pegwell Road, Ramsgate (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE17292 Cornhill Coastguard Station (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX18286 Flag Station (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE33948 GARRISON POINT FORT (Listed Building)
Monument Type	MKE7124 Langdon Battery, St. Margaret's at Cliffe (Building)
Monument Type	MKE18098 Maidstone Barracks (Site of) (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE98000 North Foreland Signal station. (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE98001 Sandwich Signal Station (Monument)
Monument Type	MWX19523 Signal station, Foreness Point, Margate (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE43361 Slough Fort and wing batteries, , Allhallows (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE97998 Slough War Signal Station and former Coastguard Station, Allhallows (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE11597 The Ravelin Battery, Sheerness (Monument)