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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 15
Type of record:Monument
Name:Birds Nest battery, Lower Upnor, Frindsbury Extra

Summary

Site of pre 1688 battery known as Bird's Nest 18 guns. No remains of this battery were visible during a rapid assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology in 2004.


Grid Reference:TQ 7614 7118
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • BATTERY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 615 7118] Birds Nest Battery. (1) Birds Nest 18 guns (2) There are no visible remains of this battery (3). Additional references (4). Fortification site indicated on early charts (5,6) and shown in site photographs (7-15). No visible remains in 2004. (16)


<1> Map of Medway Defences 1724 (IP Desmaretz) scale about 6.2/3" to 1 ml (OS Card Reference). SKE46529.

<2> Map of Medway Defences 1688 (G Collins) scale about 3" to 1 ml (OS Card Reference). SKE46525.

<3> F1 FGA 12-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42915.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 15 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4268.

<5> Anon, 1760, River Medway, 1760 (Chart). SWX9277.

<6> Anon, 1760, River Medway (Chart). SWX9277.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9510.

<8> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9756.

<9> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9758.

<10> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9841.

<11> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9870.

<13> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9883.

<14> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10020.

<15> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10024.

<16> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Map of Medway Defences 1724 (IP Desmaretz) scale about 6.2/3" to 1 ml.
<2>OS Card Reference: Map of Medway Defences 1688 (G Collins) scale about 3" to 1 ml.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 12-NOV-64.
<4>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 15 - November, 1964. [Mapped feature: #25805 battery, ]
<5>Chart: Anon. 1760. River Medway. 1760.
<6>Chart: Anon. 1760. River Medway.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3119. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 5199. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 5217. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3084. print.
<11>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4100. print.
<13>Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 1013. print.
<14>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 2062. print.
<15>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3059. print.
<16>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.