South Foreland Coastal Artillery Battery (Historic Document)

South Foreland battery east of Dover has a web of bunkers and tunnels.



This site your be transfixed for hours:

http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk



This is a small portion of what remains at the former gun battery.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Foreland

South Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England. It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and commands views over the Strait of Dover. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Dover and 15 miles south of North Foreland. It is the closest point on the British mainland to the European continent at a distance of only 20.6 miles (33.2 km).





This proximity gives it military significance and during World War II a coastal battery was sited on the headland along with a radar station. Lying between the busy port of Dover and the deadly Goodwin Sands, the two lighthouses were important for navigation but both have now been retired. Much of the area is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public; it is traversed by the Saxon Shore Way.

Dover's Lost Castle, Court's Folly (Historic Document)

Dover's Lost Castle, Court's Folly (Historic Document)

Hidden in the hills of the western heights is a location that resembles he keep of dover castle, Courts folly on the western heights in Dover Kent.

links about courts folly:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/29800809

http://doveruk.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/front-view-of-courts-folly-dovers-lost.html

http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk/2009/10/courts-wine-vaults-dover.html

http://www.dover-kent.com

Admiralty Lookout Dover Castle (Historic Document)

We take a look into the history of the site of Admiralty Lookout.

Started life as a 1874 gun battery (Hospital Battery) and was converted into Fire Command Post in 1905 and in 1914 was converted into the Port War Signal Station.

Bruce Experimental Hypervelocity Gun, Dover (Historic Document)

The Experimental hypervelocity gun located near St. Margaret's Bay near Dover. This gun was named Bruce, heres some links to more detailed information:

kenthistoryforum:
http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=5903.0

sussexhistoryforum:
http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=qd304hlnp3rf8ijmm028k7mlf6&topic=453.0

du.kent-history:
http://www.du.kent-history.co.uk/1/bruce/bruce.htm

1880 Channel Tunnel Test Bore (Historic Document)

The revisit to the 1880 channel tunnel test bore dating 1880. This time  I go to the end of the bore. Very wet and cold around 200 feet underground.

Eastry Caves (Historic Document)

A look into the history of Eastry Caves, located near sandwich in kent.

more info here:

http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/index.php/2013-08-29-00-41-33/eastry-caves

Dover Castle Western Battlements (Historic Document)

The Western Battlements  of Dover Castle, my journey starts from the cliff edge exploring the 13th century wall all the way up to Gattons tower.

My research goes to:

English Heritage:
1997 - Jonathan Coad
2012 - Steven Brindle

Department of the Environment:
1975 - R. Allen Brown.