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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 01 NW 2 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Dungeness No. 4 Battery - 1798 |
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Summary
Dungeness No. 4 Battery - 1798. An 18th century coastal battery was previously recorded at this location based on information from documentary sources. This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. No remains of the former 18th century coastal battery were visible on historic or modern aerial photographs at the grid reference specified (which now lies in the sea) or in the immediate vicinity.
| Grid Reference: | TR 043 169 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR01NW |
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| Parish: | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- COASTAL BATTERY (BATTERY, Post Medieval - 1798 AD to 1823 AD)
Full description
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TR 043169. Dungeness No 4 Battery. Dated to 1798 with 4 x 24 pounders. (1)
Description from record 462691:
TR 043169. Dungeness No 4 Battery. Dated to 1798 with 4 x 24 pounders. (1)
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. Destroyed by the sea between 1818-23 (2).
An 18th century coastal battery was previously recorded at this location based on information from documentary sources. This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. No remains of the former 18th century coastal battery were visible on historic or modern aerial photographs at the grid reference specified (which now lies in the sea) or in the immediate vicinity (3).
<1> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 37 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE43684.
<1> VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION (Unspecified Type). SWX23970.
<2> Fortress Study Group, Fort : the international journal of fortification and military architecture, 16, 1988 pp 86 (Serial). SWX23586.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 37 (D Bennett). [Mapped feature: #37127 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 86. |
