Monument record TQ 97 SW 24 - No 2 Bastion, Sheerness Lines, Sheerness

Summary

Part of a series of bastions enclosing Sheerness Dockyard and Blue Town. Construction start date is not clear but it had been completed by 1794. It was more lightly armed than Bastion No.1. The South and west parts of the bastion have been destroyed although the bank was rebuilt in 1978 as a sound barrier to the nearby steel works. Where the moat survives the rampart slopes steeply to a berm above the water-edge revetment. The full height of the rampart is preserved around the exposed part of the bastion

Location

Grid reference TQ 91615 74915 (point) Centred
Map sheet TQ97SW
Civil Parish SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town (Unpublished document). SWX6974.

<1> Sheerness Defences, No 2 Bastion/ink survey (Graphic material). SKE6435.

<2> Sheerness Defences, the Sheerness Lines (Bibliographic reference). SKE6438.

<3> RCHME: Sheerness Defences, Kent (Collection). SKE6533.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town (Unpublished document). SWX6974.

<5> Historic England, Archive material associated with the Sheerness Lines (Archive). SKE56321.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1995. Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town.
  • <1> Graphic material: Sheerness Defences, No 2 Bastion/ink survey. PER. PEN.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Sheerness Defences, the Sheerness Lines. PAP. TYP.
  • <3> Collection: RCHME: Sheerness Defences, Kent.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1995. Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town.
  • <5> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with the Sheerness Lines.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Buildings survey on Sheerness Dockyard, Defences & Blue Town (EKE8308)

Record last edited

Jul 29 2024 12:53PM