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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 13 SE 17 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Fort Twiss Battery 1798 |
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Summary
Fort Twiss Battery was built in 1798 and was a self-contained triangular fort on a small scale, and very similar in plan to the Dungeness batteries. The terreplein, slightly raised to give command of the sea, accommodated 6 x 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 sold in 1869 and subsequently demolished. Part of the outer southern wall may have been incorporated in the modern sea wall.
| Grid Reference: | TR 168 343 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13SE |
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| Parish: | HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- COASTAL BATTERY (Post Medieval - 1798 AD to 1869 AD)
Full description
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TR 168343. Fort Twiss Battery. 1798. (1)
The battery was a self-contained triangular fort on a small scale, and very similar in plan to the Dungeness batteries. The terreplein, slightly raised to give command of the sea, accomodated 6 x 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. Sold in 1869 and demolished. (2-3)
Part of the outer southern wall may have been incorporated in the modern sea wall at TR 1682 3432 or at least the sea wall respects the original outline of the fort wall at this point. The site of the fort was built over by a row of houses known as Beaconsfield Terrace. (4-7)
<1> Bennett, D., 1977, A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 (Monograph). SKE7811.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.
<3> Fortress Study Group, Fort : the international journal of fortification and military architecture, Vol 16, 1988 pp 88,93 (Serial). SWX23586.
<4> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898, 1899/1:2500 (Map). SWX11832.
<5> Fort Twiss Map Plan (Map). SWX23574.
<6> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 38 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE43679.
<7> Ordnance Survey, 1816, Ordnance Survey First Series map 1:63360 Sheet 4 (Map). SKE54568.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Bennett, D.. 1977. A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500. |
| <3> | Serial: Fortress Study Group. Fort : the international journal of fortification and military architecture. Vol 16, 1988 pp 88,93. |
| <4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. 1899/1:2500. |
| <5> | Map: Fort Twiss Map Plan. |
| <6>XY | OS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 38 (D Bennett). [Mapped feature: #41885 fort, ] |
| <7> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1816. Ordnance Survey First Series map 1:63360 Sheet 4. |
