Monument record TR 34 SW 2795 - Early layout of the Detached and North Centre Bastion

Summary

Before its alteration and completing in the 1850's the North centre and Detached bastion had an earlier phase of work with a different layout. It early plan resembled a triangle with a truncated tip, with longer east and west flanks tapering to a shorter northern face. It was an unrevetted earthwork which had incorporated an earlier linear fieldwork, dating probably from the American war of the 1770-1780s. the huge ditch and rampart of the bastion were constructed across this older work, producing two tiers of defence. (location accurate to the nearest 50m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3118 4086 (259m by 166m) (4 map features)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<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 Report No 7: North Centre and Detached Bastions: 19th-century fortifications (Unpublished document).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> Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 7: North Centre and Detached Bastions: 19th-century fortifications.
  • <2>XY Map: E B Metcalf, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughtsman. 1810. Kent: Dover. Map showing fortifications. At the Western Heights Kent: Dover. Map showing fortifications.. [Mapped feature: #106060 Bastion, ]

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Record last edited

Jun 11 2020 5:33PM