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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 1333 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Prince William's Battery, Prince William's Bastion, Fort Amherst |
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Summary
Prince William's Battery was an artillery battery constructed on top of Prince William's Bastion. It was built (?) during the second main phase of the construction of the Chatham Lines at the time of the American War of Independence.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7611 6819 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (Post Medieval - 1783 AD? to 1860 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1003364: Brompton Lines |
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Full description
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Prince William's Battery was an artillery battery constructed on top of Prince William's Bastion. It was built during the second main phase of the construction of the Chatham Lines at the time of the American War of Independence. In 1785 the battery consisted of 23 nine-pounder cannons.(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) |
