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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NE 1082 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Grain Fort, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
Coastal artillery fortification, Victorian Royal Commission Fort, with progression of use.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8904 7664 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- COASTAL BATTERY (Destroyed 1962, Post Medieval to Modern - 1865 AD? to 1956 AD?)
Full description
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Earthworks and ditch largely complete, concrete gun emplacement aprons visible, however, magazine level buried and majority of rear works destroyed.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : Public open space.
Tourism Potential : Public open space.
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 14/01/07
Mentioned in Isle of Grain Historic Area Assessment conducted by English Heritage in 2014. Built between 1861 and 1868, it was "intended to command both rivers" (2).
Army., 01/01/45, Fort record book. (Collection). SKE14373.
Army., 01/01/45, Fort record book. (Collection). Ske14373.
MMRG, 07/01/14, Grain Fort (Photograph). SKE14628.
MMRG, 07/01/14, Grain Fort (Photograph). Ske14628.
<2> English Heritage, 2014, Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment (Monograph). SKE29397.
<3> Kent Defence Research Group, c. 1993, Kent Defence Research Group 'Fort Logs' (Unpublished document). SKE52251.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Collection: Army.. 01/01/45. Fort record book.. |
| --- | Photograph: MMRG. 07/01/14. Grain Fort. |
| <2> | Monograph: English Heritage. 2014. Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Kent Defence Research Group. c. 1993. Kent Defence Research Group 'Fort Logs'. |
Related records
| TQ 87 NE 1051 | Parent of: Spigot mortar emplacement at Grain Fort, Isle of Grain (Monument) |
| TQ 87 NE 1093 | Parent of: Spigot Mortar Pedestal (Monument) |
| TQ 87 NE 8 | Part of: Grain Fort and associated coastal artillery fortifications, Isle of Grain (Monument) |
