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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2577 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Eastern Terreplein, Dover Castle |
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Summary
During the reconstruction and modernisation of the outer defences at Dover Castle in the 18th and 19th centuries a wide terreplein was created behind the main (reconstructed) ditch for several new gun emplacements. In the northern half there are substantial earthworks protecting four expense magazines which may have been added in the 1850s. In the southern part of the terreplein are four circular concrete bases which are the sites of Second World War light anti-aircraft guns. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3270 4181 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- EARTHWORK (Post Medieval to Modern - 1790 AD? to 2050 AD)
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (Disused, Post Medieval to Modern - 1790 AD? to 2050 AD?)
- MAGAZINE (Disused, Post Medieval to Modern - 1850 AD? to 2050 AD)
Full description
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During the reconstruction and modernisation of the outer defences at Dover Castle in the 18th and 19th centuries a wide terreplein was created behind the main (reconstructed) ditch for several new gun emplacements. In the northern half there are substantial earthworks protecting four expense magazines which may have been added in the 1850s. In the southern part of the terreplein are four circular concrete bases which are the sites of Second World War light anti-aircraft guns. Summarised from sources (1-2)
<1> English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SKE52105.
<2> Johnathan Coad, 1995, English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover (Monograph). SKE52106.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014. Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer. [Mapped feature: #102586 terreplein, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: Johnathan Coad. 1995. English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 2578 | Parent of: Expense Magazines on the eastern terreplein, Dover Castle (Building) |
| TR 34 SW 2596 | Parent of: World War 2 Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacements, Dover Castle (Monument) |
| TR 34 SW 5 | Part of: Dover Castle (Monument) |
