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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2543 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Casemates between Fitzwilliam Gate and Avranches Tower, Dover Castle |
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Summary
A set of six casemates are located between Fitzwilliam Gate and Avranches tower on the northern side of the outer defences of Dover Castle, positioned to lead to the Medieval loops within the outer curtain or in the mural towers. They are of a likely Napoleonic date and are buried within the 1750s rampart on the north eastern side of the castle. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3254 4200 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CASEMATE (Disused, Post Medieval to Modern - 1750 AD? to 2050 AD)
Full description
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A set of six casemates are located between Fitzwilliam Gate and Avranches tower on the northern side of the outer defences of Dover Castle, positioned to lead to the Medieval loops within the outer curtain or in the mural towers. They are likely to date to the Napoleonic period and are buried within the 1750s rampart on the north eastern side of the castle. The two leading to the mural towers are wider than the rest; all the casemates appear to have been equipped with fireplaces, and two stacks survive above rampart level. The southern casemate has a straight joint in its brickwork about a third of the way from the medieval curtain wall, suggesting a change of plan and perhaps a decision to widen the terreplain at this end. The casemate fronts have been altered over the years. The two wider casemates have brick fronts, the southern of the two containing a curious oval brick opening at first floor level. This opens into a small chamber to the south of the main casemate. Summarised from sources (1-2)
<1> English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SKE52105.
<2> Johnathan Coad, 1995, English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover (Monograph). SKE52106.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014. Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer. [Mapped feature: #102358 Casemates, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: Johnathan Coad. 1995. English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 2495 | Part of: Curtain wall between Fitzwilliam and Avranches at Dover Castle (Monument) |
