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Monument record TR 34 SW 2015 - West Face Casements of the Citadel, Western Heights, Dover
Summary
In each of the two re-entrant angles on the western part of the Citadel trace, a group of six Napoleonic casemates provided both ditch defence and barracks, to a common design quite different from the Long Casemates. From the mid-19th century and probably from the Napoleonic period, these were referred to as the Left Wing and Right Wing Casemates. In 1858, they were called collectively the West Face Casemates. Each group comprised two sets of three casemates, with short passages for communication between the sets. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3078 4050 (159m by 195m) |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
<1> English Heritage, 2004, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent: Report No. 2: The Citadel (Unpublished document). SKE17690.
<2> Major W H Ford, Royal Engineers, 1811, Plan Shewing the Appropriation of the Ordnance Lands on the Western Heights Dover 1811 (Map). SKE51523.
<3> Unknown, 1911, Dover Western Heights, Citadel Barracks & Western Outworks Ground Floor Plan (Map). SKE51525.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SKE17690 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2004. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent: Report No. 2: The Citadel.
- <2> SKE51523 Map: Major W H Ford, Royal Engineers. 1811. Plan Shewing the Appropriation of the Ordnance Lands on the Western Heights Dover 1811.
- <3> SKE51525 Map: Unknown. 1911. Dover Western Heights, Citadel Barracks & Western Outworks Ground Floor Plan.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of the Citadel, Dover Western Heights fortress (EKE12081)
Record last edited
Jun 8 2018 10:52AM