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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NE 917
Type of record:Monument
Name:Land around Fort Pitt, Chatham

Summary

Fort Pitt is a bastioned fort of 1819 subsequently converted to hospital use and then to a school. As well as the Fort itself, though, the land around the site is siginficant as it formed the defended area and was kept clear of obstructions.

Grid Reference:TQ 7504 6760
Map Sheet:TQ76NE
Parish:ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FORT (Post Medieval - 1819 AD to 1847 AD (between))
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument 1114779: Fort Pitt

Full description

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Fort Pitt is a bastioned fort of 1819 subsequently converted to hospital use and then to a school. As well as the Fort itself, though, the land around the site is siginficant as it formed the defended area and was kept clear of obstructions.



Elements of the fort's outer earthworks lie in the neighbouring Jackson Recreation Ground. (7)


Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.

Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Proposed development at Fort Pitt, City Way, Chatham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE52175.

Peter Kendall, 2006, Historic barracks in Medway (Unpublished document). SKE15939.

<1> Kent Arch Rev 47 1977 172-176 (KR Gulvin) (OS Card Reference). SKE45786.

<2> A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 12 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE32802.

<3> The Medway Forts: A Short Guide 1976 7-8 (K R Gulvin) (OS Card Reference). SKE50429.

<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1996, Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SWX6696.

<5> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, 1994, From Tudor Rose to Mushroom Cloud. The Gazetter of Defence Heritage Sites in the Kentish Part of the Thames Gateway. An Overview (Unpublished document). SKE12458.

<6> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.

<7> English Heritage, 2008, Fort Pitt, Chatham, Kent: An Earthwork Analysis of Jackson Recreation Ground. Survey Report (Unpublished document). SKE15972.

<8> Wessex Archaeology, 2014, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE51992.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: Peter Kendall. 2006. Historic barracks in Medway.
---Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War.
---Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2004. Proposed development at Fort Pitt, City Way, Chatham, Kent.
<1>OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Rev 47 1977 172-176 (KR Gulvin).
<2>OS Card Reference: A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 12 (D Bennett).
<3>OS Card Reference: The Medway Forts: A Short Guide 1976 7-8 (K R Gulvin).
<4>Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1996. Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief.
<5>Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. 1994. From Tudor Rose to Mushroom Cloud. The Gazetter of Defence Heritage Sites in the Kentish Part of the Thames Gateway. An Overview.
<6>Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage.
<7>Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2008. Fort Pitt, Chatham, Kent: An Earthwork Analysis of Jackson Recreation Ground. Survey Report.
<8>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2014. University for the Creative Arts, Rochester, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report.

Related records

TQ 76 NE 348Parent of: Site of the Gibraltar tower, Chatham (Monument)
TQ 76 NW 366Parent of: The Delce Tower, Rochester (Monument)