Monument record TR 34 SW 621 - Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover

Summary

Brick fort built during the Napoleonic Wars replacing an irregular self-contained fieldwork, begun at the end of the 1780s. The pentagonal work was added to in the 1860s with a spur on the east from it's encircling ditch to the cliff edge and another running west. In 1851 the Redoubt was armed with 3 x 24 pounder guns, 6 x 12 pounders and an 8 inch mortar. Following its remodelling in the 1860s, it was re-armed with 7inch breech-loaders. Smoothbore guns were mounted in the caponiers for ditch defence. The Drop Redoubt was used during the Second World War but, abandoned shortly afterwards.

Location

Grid reference TR 3156 4114 (point)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

1952, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SKE1.

<1> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.

<2> Bennett, D., 1977, A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 (Monograph). SKE7811.

<3> Doug Crellin, 1973, 19th Century Fortifications, Dover - Part 1 (Article in serial). SKE7826.

<4> Doug Crellin, 1973, Dover's 19th Century Fortifications - Part 2 (Article in serial). SKE7827.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1990, Dover Western Heights: Grand Shaft Barracks: An Interim Archaeological Assessment Preparatory to Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE6727.

<6> English Heritage, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 3 The Drop Redoubt: A 19th-Century Artillery Fortification (Unpublished document). SKE13677.

<7> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

<8> Liv Gibbs, 2012, Built Heritage Conservation Framework for Dover Western Heights (Unpublished document). SKE17708.

<9> Kent Defence Research Group, c. 1993, Kent Defence Research Group 'Fort Logs' (Unpublished document). SKE52251.

Sources/Archives (10)

  • --- Photograph (Print): 1952. Photograph. Black and White. Negative.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage.
  • <2> Monograph: Bennett, D.. 1977. A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945.
  • <3> Article in serial: Doug Crellin. 1973. 19th Century Fortifications, Dover - Part 1.
  • <4> Article in serial: Doug Crellin. 1973. Dover's 19th Century Fortifications - Part 2.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1990. Dover Western Heights: Grand Shaft Barracks: An Interim Archaeological Assessment Preparatory to Evaluation.
  • <6> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2000. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 3 The Drop Redoubt: A 19th-Century Artillery Fortification.
  • <7> Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Liv Gibbs. 2012. Built Heritage Conservation Framework for Dover Western Heights.
  • <9> Unpublished document: Kent Defence Research Group. c. 1993. Kent Defence Research Group 'Fort Logs'.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

Related Monuments/Buildings (19)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey at The Western Heights Dover, The Drop Redoubt (Ref: TR 34 SW 621-Kent sur) (EKE9941)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of the Drop Redoubt, Western Heights (Ref: KD178) (EKE5776)

Record last edited

Jun 11 2020 3:34PM