Garrison Point Fort
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Garrison Point Fort is a former artillery fort situated at the end of the Garrison Point peninsula at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Built in the 1860s in response to concerns about a possi
Garrison Point Fort viewed from the Medway
De Gomme's fort (centre) alongside the Dockyard (Richard Paton, c.1775).
Forts at the mouth of the River Medway, 1870 engraving
Garrison Point Fort, 2008
Grain Tower
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Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway. It was built along the same lines as the Martello towers that were co
Garrison Point Fort
…of withstanding modern guns, should be replaced by an armoured artillery fort on the same site. Its arc of fire would overlap that of Grain Fort and Grain Tower (and later Grain Wing Battery and Dummy Battery) on the other side of the Medway on the Isle of Grain. Construction began in February 1861 and continued…
Grain Tower at low tide
Image of grain battery tower at low tide
Grain Tower Battery, Rochester, United Kingdom, 2019