Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARLEY-TOWER

HARLEY-TOWER, a circular pseudo-classical structure of flint work, on the NE coast of Kent, near Kingsgate. It was erected in honour of Thomas Harley, a native of Kent, who became Lord Mayor of London in 1768; and it serves now as a land-mark for ships.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a circular pseudo-classical structure of flint work"   (ADL Feature Type: "towers")
Administrative units: Kent AncC

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