Thesaurus Term/Concept: TELEGRAPH STATION

Identifier	68689
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	One in a chain of stations with semaphore shutters and telescopes which could relay messages according to a planned code. Used from the 1790s by the British Admiralty to speed up communications from London to the ports of Deal, Portsmouth and Plymouth.

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Instances/Examples (13)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MKE3703 Barrow Hill Telegraph stn (18th c) (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE3573 Beacon Hill, Faversham (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE3032 Callum Hill telegraph station (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE974 Mound-natural (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE6661 Site of a telegraph station, Kingsdown (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE5836 Site of Barham Down Telegraph Station (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE864 Site of old Telegraph (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE3038 Site of telegraph station (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE7398 Site of Telegraph station (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE6548 Site of Telegraph Station (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE4072 Site of telegraph station, Chilham (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE27550 TELEGRAPH FARM (Listed Building)
Monument Type	MKE3638 Telegraph station at Telegraph Hill (Monument)