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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 1334 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Belvedere Battery, Chatham Lines |
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Summary
What is now known as the Belvedere Battery was built as part of the second main phase of construction of the Chatham Lines around the time of the American War of Independence (works were taking place in 1786). The guns at Belvedere Battery could fire northwards, which was a key element in converting Amherst redoubt into Fort Amherst - a fort capable of maintaining an independent defence even if an enemy broke into the Royal Dockyard.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7604 6830 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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| GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (Post Medieval - 1786 AD? to 1860 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1003364: Brompton Lines |
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Full description
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What is now known as the Belvedere Battery was built as part of the second main phase of construction of the Chatham Lines around the time of the American War of Independence (works were taking place in 1786). The guns at Belvedere Battery could fire northwards, which was a key element in converting Amherst redoubt into Fort Amherst - a fort capable of maintaining an independent defence even if an enemy broke into the Royal Dockyard..(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) |
