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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NE 11 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Middle battery, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
A battery was marked at this location on a chart from the 17th century (1688) of the River Medway. No further trace of this is known.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 892 750 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (Post Medieval - 1688 AD? to 1725 AD (pre))
Full description
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[TQ 893 750] Middle battery, 17th Century (1). Site was indicated on a 17th centurt chart (2). One of three gun batteries (Buda, Middle and Quaker Batteries) built as coast defence after the Dutch raid on the Medway in June 1667. Built around 1688, Middle Battery was a platform for twenty two light guns protected by an earth rampart. The position was abadoned sometime after 1725. (2)
<1> A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 14 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE32805.
<2> G Collins, 1688, River Medway (untitled), 1688 (Chart). SWX9274.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 14 (D Bennett). [Mapped feature: #31435 battery, ] |
| <2> | Chart: G Collins. 1688. River Medway (untitled). 1688. |
