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Latitude: 51.3667 / 51°22'0"N
Longitude: 1.315 / 1°18'54"E
OS Eastings: 630849
OS Northings: 168286
OS Grid: TR308682
Mapcode National: GBR X02.993
Mapcode Global: VHLG5.RX15
Plus Code: 9F339888+M2
Entry Name: 4 Bronze Gun Carriages Situated in Front of the Powell Cotton Museum Building
Listing Date: 22 February 1973
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1094670
English Heritage Legacy ID: 356659
ID on this website: 101094670
Location: Thanet, Kent, CT7
County: Kent
District: Thanet
Civil Parish: Birchington
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Building
1. QUEX PARK
1380
BIRCHINGTON-ON-SEA
4 bronze gun carriages
situated in front of
the Powell Cotton
Museum building
TR 36 NW 9/286
2.
No 1 is a gun from the Papal States cast at Amsterdam in 1637. Dolphin
handles.
No 2 is a Venetian Fort gun captured by the Turks and recovered in 1828.
No 3 and 4 are Naval 32 powder guns from the Royal George sunk off Spithead
in 1782. One was made in 1743 and the other in 1759. Both have dolphin
handles.
Listing NGR: TR2897269437
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