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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 NE 13
Type of record:Monument
Name:Quaker's battery, Isle of Grain

Summary

The Quaker's 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 899 754
Map Sheet:TQ87NE
Parish:ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • BATTERY (Post Medieval - 1688 AD? to 1725 AD (pre))

Full description

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[TQ 889 744] Quaker's battery, 17th Century (1), which is also marked on an chart from the same period (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>XYOS Card Reference: A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 14 (D Bennett). [Mapped feature: #31456 Battery, ]
<2>Chart: G Collins. 1688. River Medway (untitled). 1688.