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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 SW 26 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | No 4 Bastion, Sheerness Lines, Sheerness |
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Summary
One of four bastions forming part of the Sheerness Lines. Construction began in 1797 along with Bastion No.3 incorporating the earthworks of the earlier Fort Townsend and was completed by 1816. The monument was demolished along with No.3 sometime between 1967 and 1972.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 91158 74644 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97SW |
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| Parish: | SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BASTION (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1816 AD? to 1960 AD? (at some time))
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument KENT 172a; Scheduled Monument KENT 172c; Scheduled Monument KENT 172b |
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Full description
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References regarding the relation of the site to other defence sites. (1-3).
One of four bastions forming part of the Sheerness Lines. Construction began in 1797 along with Bastion No.3 incorporating the earthworks of the earlier Fort Townsend and was completed by 1816. The monument was demolished along with No.3 sometime between 1967 and 1972 and a steel works built on its site. Part of the Moat defences between the two bastions survive as a cooling pond TQ9126074644.(4)
<1> Sheerness Defences, No 3 Bastion and No 4 Bastion/ink survey (Graphic material). SKE6436.
<2> Sheerness Defences, the Sheerness Lines (Bibliographic reference). SKE6438.
<3> RCHME: Sheerness Defences, Kent (Collection). SKE6533.
<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town (Unpublished document). SWX6974.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Graphic material: Sheerness Defences, No 3 Bastion and No 4 Bastion/ink survey. PER. PEN. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Sheerness Defences, the Sheerness Lines. PAP. TYP. |
| <3> | Collection: RCHME: Sheerness Defences, Kent. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1995. Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town. |
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