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Monument record TR 34 SW 2019 - The Centre North West Bastion Casemates of the Citadel, Western Heights, Dover
Summary
There are casemates gunrooms located within the Centre North west Bastion of the Citadel, their presence is indicated by seven chimney stacks on the rampart, suggesting that there were eight casemates, assuming that the one where the gallery entered was unheated. No further information is available. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
Location
| Grid reference | TR 3070 4071 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR34SW |
| County | KENT |
| District | DOVER, KENT |
| Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Full Description
Summarised from report:
There are casemated gunrooms located within the Centre North west Bastion of the Citadel, their presence is indicated by seven chimney stacks on the rampart, suggesting that there were eight casemates, assuming that the one where the gallery entered was unheated. These would have provided small arms fire from behind the cross ditch scarp revetment. The ruined stacks remain visible and are brick built with a stone capping and twin elliptical flues. The loops in the ditch are all blocked. No plans of these casemates and there is no further information available about them. (1)
<1> English Heritage, 2004, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent: Report No. 2: The Citadel (Unpublished document). SKE17690.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1>XY SKE17690 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2004. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent: Report No. 2: The Citadel. [Mapped feature: #92154 The Centre North West Bastion Casemates of the Citadel, Western Heights, Dover, ]
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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
May 14 2018 10:59AM