Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Foreland, North

Foreland, North, headland, on NE. coast of Kent, 2½ m. SE. of Margate; has lighthouse, 85 ft. high, with occulting light 188 ft. above high water and seen 19 m.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "headland"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Kent AncC
Place names: FORELAND     |     FORELAND NORTH     |     NORTH FORELAND
Place: North Foreland

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