Monument record TQ 97 SW 13 - Barton's Point Battery, Sheerness

Summary

A coastal battery built as an addition to the Queenborough Lines between 1889 and 1891. By 1901 is was serving as a training battery and was decommisioned as an operational battery in 1905. It was transferred to the Navy in 1938 and became part of HM Gunnery School Chatham.

Location

Grid reference TQ 9383 7486 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ97SW
Civil Parish SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT

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<1> OS 1:10000 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48159.

<2> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 15 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE43674.

<3> Coast Defences of Eng and Wales 1856-1956 1974 95 117 plan (IV Hogg) (OS Card Reference). SKE39036.

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 Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town (Unpublished document).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

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9498.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9648.

<7> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9795.

<8> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9796.

<9> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9809.

<10> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9810.

<11> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9815.

<12> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9994.

<13> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9996.

<14> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10290.

<15> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10424.

<16> Kent County Council, 1999, Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites, KD70 (Index). SWX11828.

<17> Kent County Council, 1999, Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites, KD2 (Index). SWX11828.

<18> Anderton, Michael J., World War Two Coastal Batteries (Bibliographic reference). SKE13158.

<19> English Heritage, 2001, Barton's Point, Sheerness, Kent: A 19th-20th-century coast artillery battery and Second World War training school of naval anti-aircraft gunnery (Unpublished document). SKE17510.

<20> English Heritage, 2012, Barton's Point Battery: Advice Report (Scheduling record). SKE17451.

Sources/Archives (20)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1974.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 15 (D Bennett).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Coast Defences of Eng and Wales 1856-1956 1974 95 117 plan (IV Hogg).
  • <4> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1995. Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town.
  • <5> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3060. print.
  • <6> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4463. print.
  • <7> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3009. print.
  • <8> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3012. print.
  • <9> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4009. print.
  • <10> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4012. print.
  • <11> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4026. print.
  • <12> Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 20. print.
  • <13> Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 23. print.
  • <14> Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 203. print.
  • <15> Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 1. print.
  • <16> Index: Kent County Council. 1999. Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites. KD70.
  • <17> Index: Kent County Council. 1999. Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites. KD2.
  • <18>XY Bibliographic reference: Anderton, Michael J.. World War Two Coastal Batteries. [Mapped feature: #36975 battery, ]
  • <19> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Barton's Point, Sheerness, Kent: A 19th-20th-century coast artillery battery and Second World War training school of naval anti-aircraft gunnery.
  • <20> Scheduling record: English Heritage. 2012. Barton's Point Battery: Advice Report.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of Barton's Point Battery (EKE11885)

Record last edited

Nov 1 2021 3:44PM