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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2762 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Southern entrance to Long Gun Magazine, Dover Castle |
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Summary
The southern entrance was added to the long gun magazine, which is located on the western side of the officers new barracks, at the southern end of the Castle complex, after the structure was covered with earth banking and a blast bank was added to the south, presumably for added blast protection, in the later 19th century. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3263 4166 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TUNNEL (Disused, Post Medieval to Modern - 1790 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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The southern entrance was added to the long gun magazine, which is located on the western side of the officers new barracks, at the southern end of the Castle complex, after the structure was covered with earth banking and a blast bank was added to the south, presumably for added blast protection, in the later 19th century. (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 English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document).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> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014. Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer. |
| <2>XY | Monograph: Johnathan Coad. 1995. English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover. [Mapped feature: #103207 Magazine Entrance, ] |
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