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PRN | 7864 | ||||
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Site or location name | FORTRESS DOVER | ||||
Summary | Dover Castle | ||||
Description | Previously a Gun Battery named the Hospital Gun Battery as Hospital was situated adjacent. Decommissioned in 1890 as Guns were too close to Cliff edge - converted into Position Finding Cells and Depression Position Finder and then at outbreak of WW1 became Fire Command post - commanding all Coastal Defence positions of Dover Straits. Also, 2nd floor built to house the Port War Signal Station under command of Admiralty controlling shipping in and out of Dover Harbour - Admiralty Harbour. | ||||
Monument Type | COASTAL BATTERY COMMAND POST;ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COMMAND POST;COASTAL BATTERY COMMAND POST | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
Material | BRICK | ||||
Location |
Country | ENGLAND | ||||
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County | Dover | ||||
Site Location | Castle Hill from Dover | ||||
Postcode | CT16 1HU | ||||
Map Reference | NGR: TR32524223 (632520, 142230) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Good (08-02-2016) | ||||
Source | |||||
English Heritage (2016) Fortress Dover in WW1. | |||||
(nd) Map drawing of PWSS. | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | Graham Hutchison - Dover (07-02-2016) | ||||
Copiled On | 08-02-2016 | ||||
Last Updated | 08-02-2016 |
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Image metadata | CSV | 590 Kb |
Text metadata | CSV | 14 Kb |
Dover Castle, or Fortress Dover (Castle Hill Road, Dover, Kent). Fire Command post - restored. (File name: 7864_515.jpg) |
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Dover Castle, or Fortress Dover (Castle Hill Road, Dover, Kent). FCP and PWSS restored. (File name: 7864_517.jpg) |
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Dover Castle, or Fortress Dover (Castle Hill Road, Dover, Kent). Fire Command Post - dilapidated. (File name: 7864_514.jpg) |
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Dover Castle, or Fortress Dover (Castle Hill Road, Dover, Kent). Fire Command post and Port War Signal Station - repairs. (File name: 7864_516.jpg) |
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Dover Castle, or Fortress Dover (Castle Hill Road, Dover, Kent). Map drawing of PWSS. (File name: 7864_467.jpg) |
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Dover Castle, or Fortress Dover (Castle Hill Road, Dover, Kent). Mess Room. (File name: 7864_518.jpg) |
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English Heritage (2016) Fortress Dover and the First World War.. English Heritage: Portsmouth. | 668 Kb |