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Monument record TR 36 NE 608 - Broadstairs North Cliff Battery
Summary
Site of a coastal battery built in 1794 to cover Viking Bay. Little of it now remains. The battery continued in use until the end of the Napoleonic Wars, after which it became a base for the Coastguard Service. Fort House, (now Bleak House), reportedly occupied by the Battery Commander, has important literary connections with Charles Dickens, and is now a museum.
Location
| Grid reference | TR 3993 6794 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR36NE |
| County | KENT |
| District | THANET, KENT |
| Civil Parish | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Record last edited
Mar 28 2013 4:29PM