Monument record TQ 76 NE 1346 - Lower Lines, Chatham

Summary

The Lower Lines was a defence line constructed during the Napoleonic Wars to defend the Royal Dockayd and militarized area surrounding it. It supplanted an earlier defence line that ran from Prince Frederick's Bastion back to the Medway north of the dockyard. The Lower Lines enclosed a significantly larger area than the former defences including Brompton Barracks. Like the rest of the Chatham Lines the defences were declared obsolete in 1860.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 7686 6942 (496m by 547m)
Map sheet TQ76NE
County KENT
Civil Parish GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

Peter Kendall, 2012, The Royal Engineers at Chatham 1750-2012 (Bibliographic reference). SKE51751.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: Peter Kendall. 2012. The Royal Engineers at Chatham 1750-2012.

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Record last edited

Oct 24 2018 4:50PM