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Dungeness Redoubt
Hob Uid: 462686
Location : Kent Folkestone and Hythe Lydd
Grid Ref : TR0848717222
Summary : Earthwork redoubt of 1798. An octagonal strongpoint built to support the four batteries built at Dungeness in 1798. It was about 215 metres in diameter and originlly armed with eight 24-pounders mounted around the top of the ramparts. In 1803 it was reported that it was not defensible against a coup-de-main, neither could it be made so at any moderate expense. Slight traces of the parapet exist on top of the rampart
More information : TR 085172. Dungeness Redoubt 1798. The flattened counterscarp of Dungeness Redoubt is readily discernible from the top of the old lighthouse. It had eleven twenty-four pounders. (1)

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Source details : Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 36 37 (D Bennett)
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Source details : Gazetteer Part 1: KD137
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1798
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Monument Start Date : 1798
Monument Type : Redoubt
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TR 01 NE 5
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Activity type : ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Start Date : 2010-01-01
End Date : 2010-12-31

Dungeness Redoubt