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)
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 English Heritage, 2004, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent: Report No. 2: The Citadel (Unpublished document).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> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2004. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent: Report No. 2: The Citadel.
  • <2> Map: Major W H Ford, Royal Engineers. 1811. Plan Shewing the Appropriation of the Ordnance Lands on the Western Heights Dover 1811.
  • <3> 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