Reculver*

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1745-1744|10|38|179-194

ISSN: 0003-598x

Source: Antiquity, Vol.10, Iss.38, 1936-06, pp. : 179-194

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Abstract

The twin towers of Reculver, a far-seen monument on the northeast coast of Kent 3½ miles east of Herne Bay (PLATE I), have long been recognized as a sea-mark of great antiquity. They were for many years maintained solely for the benefit of mariners using the shoal-beset inshore channels on the southern side of the Thames Estuary, but with the general disuse of these channels during the last decade such a guide-mark is no longer required.