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ID:SKE12515
Title:Coastal Artillery Fortifications on the Isle of Grain, Kent
Originator:RCHME
Date:1998
Summary:RCHME survey of the earthworks and structures associated with the coastal batteries at Grain, on the Isle of Grain, Kent. The fortifications on Grain were of paramount importance, protecting the mouth of the River Medway along with the fortifications at Sheerness. Thus, they were a vital link in the East Coast defences. The visible remains of the Grain defences comprise five batteries of coastal artillery, one of which was a powerful garrisoned Fort, another a Tower, which lies in the estuary on Grain Spit. The five are named, Grain Fort, Grain Battery, Wing Battery, Grain Tower and Dummy Battery. The report deals with each battery in turn.

Associated Monuments

TQ 87 NE 123Base for a temporary structure associated with Grain Fort, Isle of Grain (Monument) ()
TQ 87 NE 119Causeway linking the Isle of Grain and Grain Tower (Monument) ()
TQ 87 NE 1058Coast Artillery searchlight, east of Grain Fort, Isle of Grain (Building) ()
TQ 87 NE 8Grain Fort and associated coastal artillery fortifications, Isle of Grain (Monument) ()
TQ 87 NE 1079GRAIN TOWER, Isle of Grain (Listed Building) ()
TQ 87 NE 124Mound and hollow features, Isle of Grain (Monument) ()
TQ 87 NE 1026Remains of Grain Battery, Isle of Grain (Monument) ()
TQ 87 NE 10Remains of Grain battery, renamed Dummy Battery, Isle of Grain (Monument) ()
TQ 87 NE 9Remains of wing battery, Isle of Grain (Monument) ()
TQ 87 NE 118Road connecting Grain Fort and Dummy battery, Isle of Grain (Monument) ()
TQ 87 NE 126Site of a shelter or bunker associated with the Grain Batteries, Isle of Grain (Monument) ()
TQ 87 NE 125Site of First World War Coast Artillery Searchlight serving Grain Fort, Isle of Grain (Monument) ()