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Monument details

HER Number:TR 01 NE 6
Type of record:Monument
Name:St Lawrence's Battery 1798

Summary

An 18th century coastal battery consisting of a triangular fort is recorded from documentary evidence as having existed at this location. It is known as St Lawrences Battery. This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. The fort was not visible on historic aerial photographs.


Grid Reference:TR 089 169
Map Sheet:TR01NE
Parish:LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • BATTERY (BATTERY, Post Medieval - 1798 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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TR 089169. St Lawrence's Battery. Dated to 1798 with 4 x 24 pounders. (1)

Description from record 462687:
The battery of 1798 was a self-contained triangular fort on a small scale. The terreplein, slightly raised to give command of the sea, accomodated 4 or 5 24-pounders, and a brick loop-holed wall 3.5 metres high extended from the corners of the terreplein to form a sharp point at the rear. The main entrance, guardroom and ancillary buildings were spaced along the exterior walls. It was rearmed in 1860.

TR 089169. St Lawrence's Battery. Dated to 1798 with 4 x 24 pounders (1-2).

This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. The fort was not visible on historic aerial photographs (3).


<1> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE43678.

<1> VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION (Unspecified Type). SWX23967.

<2> Fortress Study Group, Fort : the international journal of fortification and military architecture, 16, 1988 pp 85-7 (Serial). SWX23586.

<3> RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment (Unspecified Type). SWX23676.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett). [Mapped feature: #37084 Battery, ]
<1>(No record type): VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION.
<2>Serial: Fortress Study Group. Fort : the international journal of fortification and military architecture. 16, 1988 pp 85-7.
<3>(No record type): RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment.

Related records

TR 01 NE 7Parent of: Dungeness No. 1 Battery (Monument)