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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 12 NW 8 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Dymchurch Sluice Battery |
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Summary
Dymchurch Sluice Battery 1798 with one eighteen pounder. Date of batteries removal and actual location unclear.
| Grid Reference: | TR 10 29 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR12NW |
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| Parish: | DYMCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (BATTERY, Post Medieval - 1798 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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(TR 1029). Dymchurch Sluice Battery. 1798 with one eighteen pounder. (1)
The exact location of the sluice battery referred to above was not determined on aerial photographs viewed as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP. The nearest sluice is visible at TR 1006 1291 adjacent to Martello Tower No.25 (Monument Number 463767). (2)
<1> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE43678.
<1> Bennett, D., 1977, A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945, Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett) (Monograph). SKE7811.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett). |
| <1> | Monograph: Bennett, D.. 1977. A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945. Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett). |
| <2>XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. [Mapped feature: #41010 Tower, ] |
