Record Details

NHER Number:13539
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of 19th century signal station

Summary

This Admiralty shutter telegraph station was built in 1808. It was on the Great Yarmouth to London line.

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Location

Grid Reference:TM 0054 8619
Map Sheet:TM08NW
Parish:HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Site of Admiralty shutter telegraph station on Great Yarmouth to London line. Built 1808.
See (S1), quoted by (S2).

Site location corrected from (S3).

Monument Types

  • SIGNAL STATION (19th Century - 1808 AD to 1814 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Publication: Wilson, G.. 1976. The Old Telegraphs.
<S2>Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.
<S3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch..

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