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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 1346 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Lower Lines, Chatham |
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Summary
The Lower Lines was a defence line constructed during the Napoleonic Wars to defend the Royal Dockayd and militarized area surrounding it. It supplanted an earlier defence line that ran from Prince Frederick's Bastion back to the Medway north of the dockyard. The Lower Lines enclosed a significantly larger area than the former defences including Brompton Barracks. Like the rest of the Chatham Lines the defences were declared obsolete in 1860.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7686 6942 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DEFENCE LINE (Post Medieval - 1803 AD? to 1860 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1003364: Brompton Lines |
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Full description
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The Lower Lines was a defence line constructed during the Napoleonic Wars to defend the Royal Dockayd and militarized area surrounding it. It supplanted an earlier defence line that ran from Prince Frederick's Bastion back to the Medway north of the dockyard. The Lower Lines enclosed a significantly larger area than the former defences including Brompton Barracks. Like the rest of the Chatham Lines the defences were declared obsolete in 1860. (1)
Peter Kendall, 2012, The Royal Engineers at Chatham 1750-2012 (Bibliographic reference). SKE51751.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | 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) |
