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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 NW 134 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Harbour Defence Battery: Bastion No.1, Sheerness Lines, Sheerness (1890s) |
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Summary
Shown on a plan of 1895, but removed within ten years. The north-eastern corner of the bastion retains an emplacement. West of the emplacement are two hoists, one for shells and the other for cartridges, raised for the stoes below. The store is preserved but its brick-lined rooms are partially filled with rubble. Over it lies a mound supporting a direction finder, comprising a platform with low concrete parapet.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9167 7524 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97NW |
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| Parish: | SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (Abandoned 1900s?, Post Medieval to Modern - 1890 AD? to 2050 AD (at some time))
- MAGAZINE (Abandoned 1900s?, Post Medieval to Modern - 1890 AD? to 2050 AD (at some time))
Full description
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On No.1 bastion. Single concrete gun pit for a 6-in. BL gun on a disappearing carriage (1), site photographs (2,3).
Shown on a plan of 1895, but removed within ten years. The north-eastern corner of the bastion retains an emplacement. West of the emplacement are two hoists, one for shells and the other for cartridges, raised for the stoes below. The store is preserved but its brick-lined rooms are partially filled with rubble. Over it lies a mound supporting a direction finder, comprising a platform with low concrete parapet(4).
Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town (Unpublished document). SWX6974.
Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town (Unpublished document). SWX6974.
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9556.
<3> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10227.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1995. Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town. |
| <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4023. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3338. print. |
Related records
| TQ 97 NW 112 | Part of: No 1 Bastion, Sheerness Lines, Sheerness (Monument) |
