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ID:SKE13677
Title:The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 3 The Drop Redoubt: A 19th-Century Artillery Fortification
Originator:English Heritage
Date:2000
Summary:Survey and analysis of the earthworks, buildings and other structures of the Drop Redoubt, a 19th-century artillery fortification located within the Western Heights defensive complex. The earthworks,located next to the 'terreplein', form of a complex of trenches and are of mainly First and Second World War origin, some used perhaps for training purposes. The internal buildings fall into three blocks: the Guard House and Officers' Quarters lining a sunken elongated courtyard; the Soldiers' Quarters and Ablutions/Staff Sergeants' Quarters facing across the Parade Ground; the Main Magazine. The defences are represented by a rampart and ditch; the scarping of the hillside; the main entrance; the 'terreplein'; the parapet; and four 'caponiers'.

Associated Monuments

TR 34 SW 1909Defensive Ditch of the Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 621Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 2074Eastern Gun Rooms at the Drop Redoubt Fort of the Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1920First and second world war slit trenches on the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 2796Napoleonic layout of the Drop Redoubt (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 2073Possible earliest layout of the Drop Redoubt Fort on the Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1942Possible site of Command post or temporary magazine at The North Lines Battery, Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1943Ramparts and terreplien of the North Lines Battery, Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1910Ramparts of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1919Second World War Observation post of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1938Staff Seargents Quarters of the Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1918The Ablutions, Latrines, Bath Room and Cook House of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1912The Caponiers of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1911The Curtain and Counterscarp walls of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1939The emplacements of the North Lines Battery, Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1915The Guard House and officers quarters of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1914The Main Magazine of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1944The North Lines Battery, Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1917The Parade ground of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1937The scarping of the hillside at the Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1940The Side Arms Store of North Lines Battery, Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1916The Soldiers quarters of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1913The Terreplein of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 2075Western Gun Rooms at the Drop Redoubt Fort of the Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()
TR 34 SW 1941WW1 and WW2 silt trenches at the North Lines Battery, Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover (Monument) ()