Foreland, NORTH AND SOUTH

Foreland, NORTH AND SOUTH, two promontories of England, on the east coast of Kent, between which are the Downs and Goodwin Sands. North Foreland, the Cantium of Ptolemy, which forms the north-east angle of the county in 51° 22' N. lat. and 1° 26' E. long., consists of chalky cliffs, nearly 200 feet high. It has a lighthouse 85 feet high, with a fixed light, 188 feet above the sea, and seen 20 miles off. South Foreland, also composed of chalk-cliffs, is 16 miles S. of North Foreland, in 51° 8' N. lat. and 1° 22' E. long. It has two fixed lights, respectively 380 and 275 feet above the sea, and seen from a distance of 25 and 22 miles. It was off this part of the coast that the four days' sea-fight between Monk and De Ruyter took place in 1666.