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Fort Darland
Hob Uid: 416048
Location : Medway Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ7816066590
Summary : Fort, built as an infantry fort rather than an artillery fort, completed in 1900, declared obsolete as a fort in 1910. Siw 9-pounders were recorded there in 1900. Served as an Army Technical School from 1910. Demolished in the 1960s and a housing estate built on the site. Earthworks and a piece of a casemate remain.
More information : [TQ 782 666] Fort Darland. Concrete fort of 1890. (1) The fort was constructed with a standard dry moat with counterscarp galleries and a drawbridge operated by a steam winch. From surviving plans it appears that on completion the fort armament was to consist of eight rifled muzzle loading guns. The fort was completed about 1900 and by 1910 had become obsolete as a viable form of defence and was demolished in the 1960s and a housing estate constructed on the site. Several earthen banks and one solitary chunk of concrete remain (formally part of the rear casements). (2)

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Source details : A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 13 (D Bennett)
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Source details : The Medway Forts: A Short Guide 1976 16-17 (K R Gulvin)
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Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Extant 1900-1910
Monument End Date : 1910
Monument Start Date : 1900
Monument Type : Fort
Evidence : Ruined Building, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 76 NE 65
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