Monument record TQ 76 NE 58 - The Chatham Lines, Chatham and Gillingham

Summary

Also known as Brompton Lines.Defence system for Chatham Dockyard, comprising forts and earthworks. Started in 1715 and mostly abandoned by 1880. By 1756 there was a bastioned trace of unrevetted ditches with bastions at intervals. Between 1770-78 the line was extended to St Mary's Creek with two redoubts (Amherst and Townsend) at either end. Two outworks were later added at the southern end, a hornwork and the Spur Battery, and at the North by the construction of the casemated St Mary's Barracks. The New Ravelin was also added between the Prince Fredeick and Prince Henry Bastions. The lined were revetted in brick throughout after 1803. The extension of the dockyard in the 1870s removed the North end of the Lines. During World War II the Lines were used as an anti-tank obstacle.

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Grid reference Centred TQ 7639 6881 (1444m by 1341m) (17 map features)
Map sheet TQ76NE
Civil Parish ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
County KENT
Civil Parish GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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<01> OS 1:2500 1969 (OS Card Reference). SKE48211.

<02> DOE(IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 111 (OS Card Reference). SKE41413.

<03> DOE(IAM) Record Form Plan (OS Card Reference). SKE41446.

<04> Kent Arch Rev 68 1982 172-4 (OS Card Reference). SKE45805.

<05> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 (D Bennett)10-14 (OS Card Reference). SKE43671.

<06> The Medway Forts 1976 (KR Gulvin) 7 8 (OS Card Reference). SKE50417.

<07> Kent Arch Rev 74 1983 82 (GM Harvey) (OS Card Reference). SKE45818.

<08> Kent County Council, 1999, Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites, KD73 (Index). SWX11828.

<09> Kent Arch Rev 47 1977 158 (K Gulvin) (OS Card Reference). SKE45784.

<10> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11125.

<11> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, 1994, From Tudor Rose to Mushroom Cloud. The Gazetter of Defence Heritage Sites in the Kentish Part of the Thames Gateway. An Overview (Unpublished document). SKE12458.

<12> English Heritage
KCC ENGINEERING SERVICES LABORATORY GEOTECHNICAL GROUP, 2011, Prince Edward's Bastion, Chatham Lines, Kent: Topographic Survey Report (Unpublished document). SKE29505.

<13> historic england, 2016, The evolution of the Spur Battery area of Chatham Lines (Unpublished document). SKE31634.

<14> Peter Kendall, 2012, The Royal Engineers at Chatham 1750-2012 (Bibliographic reference). SKE51751.

<15> Historic England, Archive material associated with The Chatham Lines Sheduled monument (Archive). SKE54003.

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  • <01> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1969.
  • <02> OS Card Reference: DOE(IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 111.
  • <03> OS Card Reference: DOE(IAM) Record Form Plan.
  • <04> OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Rev 68 1982 172-4.
  • <05>XY OS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 (D Bennett)10-14. [Mapped feature: #99816 Defences, ]
  • <06> OS Card Reference: The Medway Forts 1976 (KR Gulvin) 7 8.
  • <07> OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Rev 74 1983 82 (GM Harvey).
  • <08> Index: Kent County Council. 1999. Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites. KD73.
  • <09> OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Rev 47 1977 158 (K Gulvin).
  • <10> Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7669/24. print.
  • <11> Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. 1994. From Tudor Rose to Mushroom Cloud. The Gazetter of Defence Heritage Sites in the Kentish Part of the Thames Gateway. An Overview.
  • <12> Unpublished document: English Heritage KCC ENGINEERING SERVICES LABORATORY GEOTECHNICAL GROUP. 2011. Prince Edward's Bastion, Chatham Lines, Kent: Topographic Survey Report.
  • <13> Unpublished document: historic england. 2016. The evolution of the Spur Battery area of Chatham Lines.
  • <14> Bibliographic reference: Peter Kendall. 2012. The Royal Engineers at Chatham 1750-2012.
  • <15> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with The Chatham Lines Sheduled monument.

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Related Events/Activities (6)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Building recording following clearnce works at Fort Amherst (EKE10172)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Prince Edward's Bastion, Chatham Lines, Kent: Topographic Survey Report (EKE14771)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: The evolution of the Spur Battery area of Chatham Lines (Ref: Peter Kendell) (EKE15070)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief at the Great Lines heritage Park (Fort Amherst Phase 2) (Ref: GLHP09) (EKE12935)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief on Prince William's Bastion, Brompton Lines, Chatham (EKE10174)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief on the cutting of three service trenches at Brompton Barracks (Ref: BBB-WB-10) (EKE11116)

Record last edited

Jul 21 2021 4:38PM