the Crowstone at low tide
Chalkwell Beach
A few metres out into the river at Chalkwell Beach lies a peculiar obelisk stranded in the water. From the shore, it looks like a mysterious ruin of an ancient civilisation, although it is in fact the ‘Crowstone’ installed in 1836/7. It replaced a smaller stone post that was set in place in 1755. The Crow Stone is a London stone which at the time marked the seaward limit of the River Thames under the City of London’s jurisdiction. The old and new stones did infact stand together side-by-side until the Port of London Authority presented the old stone to Priory Park in 1950 where it still stands today

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