Forelands

North and South, two headlands on the S. EH. coast of England, and on the W. seaboard of the county of Kent; the first, or North Foreland, forms the N. EB. angle of the county; it projects into the sea in the form of a bastion, and consists of chalky cliffs nearly 200 feet in height. A lighthouse of the first cla , having * a fixed light elevated 340 feet above the level of the sea, was erected on this promontory in 1688. The South Foreland, about 16 miles S. of the former, consists also of chalky cliffs, and has two lighthouses, with fixed lights, erected upon it, to warn ships coming from the S. of their approach to the Good win Sands.