Earthworks and ditch largely complete, concrete gun emplacement aprons visible, however, magazine level buried and majority of rear works destroyed.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : Public open space.
Tourism Potential : Public open space.
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 14/01/07

Mentioned in Isle of Grain Historic Area Assessment conducted by English Heritage in 2014. Built between 1861 and 1868, it was "intended to command both rivers" (2).

Army., 01/01/45, Fort record book. (Collection). SKE14373.

Army., 01/01/45, Fort record book. (Collection). Ske14373.

MMRG, 07/01/14, Grain Fort (Photograph). SKE14628.

MMRG, 07/01/14, Grain Fort (Photograph). Ske14628.

<2> English Heritage, 2014, Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment (Monograph). SKE29397.

<3> Kent Defence Research Group, c. 1993, Kent Defence Research Group 'Fort Logs' (Unpublished document). SKE52251.