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Monument details

HER Number:TR 13 SE 222
Type of record:Monument
Name:East-flanking gun emplacements of the Napoleonic Shorncliffe Battery

Summary

East-flanking gun emplacements of the Napoleonic Shorncliffe Battery


Grid Reference:TR 1926 3497
Map Sheet:TR13SE
Parish:SANDGATE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • GUN EMPLACEMENT (Post Medieval - 1798 AD? to 1850 AD?)
  • RAMPART (Post Medieval - 1798 AD? to 1850 AD?)
  • WALL (Post Medieval - 1798 AD? to 1850 AD?)

Full description

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Evaluation undertaken in 1998 by Wessex archaeology. The east flanking line of gun emplacements of the Napoleonic Shorncliffe Battery were found. A saw-tooth line of stone walling was found running roughly NE-SW, forming the cladding for the lozenge-shaped earthworks protecting the guns. A circular brick foundation and an associated arc of bricks reveals the position of a gun. (1)


<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1998, Former Territorial Army Centre, Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE17175.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1998. Former Territorial Army Centre, Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation.

Related records

TR 13 SE 235Part of: Shornecliff Battery, Folkestone (Monument)