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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 1329 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cornwallis Batteries, Fort Amherst |
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Summary
During the Napoleonic Wars, the defences of Fort Amherst were transformed into a citadel, designed to hold out even if the other defences around the Royal Dockyard were breached. As part of this two batteries were constructed - the Upper and Lower Cornwallis Batteries. These were sited to dominate Chatham town and the bend in the river.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7590 6833 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (Post Medieval - 1803 AD? to 1860 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1003364: Brompton Lines |
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Full description
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During the Napoleonic Wars, the defences of Fort Amherst were transformed into a citadel, designed to hold out even if the other defences around the Royal Dockyard were breached. As part of this two batteries were constructed - the Upper and Lower Cornwallis Batteries. These were sited to dominate Chatham town and the bend in the river. The batteries would have become redundant at the same time as the rest of the Chatham Lines - by the time of the Royal Commission report in 1860.(1)
<1> Peter Kendall, 2012, The Royal Engineers at Chatham 1750-2012 (Bibliographic reference). SKE51751.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Peter Kendall. 2012. The Royal Engineers at Chatham 1750-2012. |
Related records
| TQ 76 NE 58 | Part of: The Chatham Lines, Chatham and Gillingham (Monument) |
