Monument record TR 34 SW 2067 - The rampart and scarp revetment of the North Centre Bastion of the Western Heights, Dover
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3114 4082 (132m by 83m) (3 map features) |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
(summarised from report)
The ditches and revetments of the North Centre Bastion are intact though are very overgrown with creeping foliage which has obscured much detail of the loopholes and embrasures. The ditch and the rampart were constructed as part of the Napoleonic works on the fort between 1804 and 1810, though the vertical scarp revetment was not completed until a later phase of works was undertaken at the fort, and was likely largely complete by 1862. It is built in stock brick laid to English bond and where visible, the loopholes from the casemated galleries are built to a stepped exterior profile, with shallow segmental relieving arches. The ditch is 12.0 to 12.4m wide and the revetment 12.2m high, except the north face, which is 10.4m high. (1)
A plan dating to 1810 shows the Detached bastion as it was originally constructed and before any improvements were made under the 1860's scheme of works. (2)
<1> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 7: North Centre and Detached Bastions: 19th-century fortifications (Unpublished document). SKE17503.
<2> E B Metcalf, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughtsman, 1810, Kent: Dover. Map showing fortifications. At the Western Heights
Kent: Dover. Map showing fortifications. (Map). SKE51587.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1>XY SKE17503 Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 7: North Centre and Detached Bastions: 19th-century fortifications. [Mapped feature: #92474 The rampart and scarp revetment of the North Centre Bastion of the Western Heights, Dover, ]
- <2> SKE51587 Map: E B Metcalf, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughtsman. 1810. Kent: Dover. Map showing fortifications. At the Western Heights Kent: Dover. Map showing fortifications..
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of the North Centre and Detached Bastions of the Dover Western Heights fortress (EKE11880)
Record last edited
Jun 11 2020 2:49PM