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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2796 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Napoleonic layout of the Drop Redoubt |
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Summary
The Napoleonic works on the drop redoubt altered the earliest 18th century layout and created its pentagonal form. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3156 4115 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GUARDHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1780 AD? to 1850 AD?)
- DITCH (Post Medieval - 1805 AD? to 1850 AD?)
- REDOUBT (Post Medieval - 1805 AD? to 1850 AD?)
- MAGAZINE (Post Medieval - 1816 AD? to 1850 AD?)
Full description
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The Napoleonic works on the drop redoubt altered the earliest 18th century layout and created its pentagonal form. Aside from where the two faces have been added on the northern side much of the earlier fort was retained and the alignment of the south eastern and south western faces remained the same. By 1815 this for was largely complete and it was not until the mid 19th century that further changes were made and the caponiers were added. The buildings within the footprint of this Napoleonic layout include a guardroom, casemates and a magazine. (1-3)
English Heritage, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 3 The Drop Redoubt: A 19th-Century Artillery Fortification (Unpublished document). SKE13677.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | ---XY | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2000. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 3 The Drop Redoubt: A 19th-Century Artillery Fortification. [Mapped feature: #106065 Drop redoubt, ] |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 621 | Part of: Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover (Monument) |
