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Latitude: 51.3318 / 51°19'54"N
Longitude: 1.4234 / 1°25'24"E
OS Eastings: 638575
OS Northings: 164756
OS Grid: TR385647
Mapcode National: GBR X0M.DQ7
Mapcode Global: VHMCW.MSCD
Plus Code: 9F338CJF+P9
Entry Name: The Obelisk
Listing Date: 4 February 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1086090
English Heritage Legacy ID: 171988
ID on this website: 101086090
Location: Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent, CT11
County: Kent
District: Thanet
Civil Parish: Ramsgate
Built-Up Area: Ramsgate
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Obelisk
RAMSGATE ROYAL HARBOUR
TR 3864 NE
14/352 The Obelisk
GV II
Obelisk. 1822 to 23, by John Shaw. Dunleary stone. Fifty two and a half
feet high. Inscribed (in English and Latin).
To
George the Fourth
King of Great Britain and Ireland
The Inhabitants and Visitors of Ramsgate
and the
Directors and Trustees of the Harbour
have erected this
Obelisk
as a grateful record
of his Majesty's gracious condescension
in selecting this Port
for
his Embarkation on the 25th September
in Progress to his Kingdom of Hanover
and his happy Return
on the 8th November 1821
Listing NGR: TR3857564756
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