Rochester Castle watergate, c.1380
The north-west curtain wall of Rochester Castle forms a bastion, or projection, at the point where the medieval Rochester Bridge crossed the Medway. An excavation in 2017 revealed the watergate in the west face of the bastion for the first time in decades.
Rochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf, 1067-1088
Archaeologist Alan Ward discusses what we know - or what little we know - about Rochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf (1067-1088).
Hadlow Castle: a short history
Thirsk, Joan, 1997, Hadlow Castle: a short history, Hadlow: Hadlow Historical Society.
Eynsford Castle: a brief guide and history
McIntyre, S.G., 1995, Eynsford Castle: a brief guide and history, Farningham: Farningham and Eynsford Local History Society.
A guide to the Western Heights defences, Dover
Burridge, David, 1995, A guide to the Western Heights defences, Dover, Dover: Kent Defence Research Group.
The history of Archcliffe Fort, Dover, Kent
Welby, Douglas, 1995, The history of Archcliffe Fort, Dover, Kent, Dover: Crabwell Publications.
New Tavern Fort, Thames: fort log
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, New Tavern Fort, Thames: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group.
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, North centre detatched bastions, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, North centre detatched bastions, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, North entrance, dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, North entrance, dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Drop Redoubt, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Drop Redoubt, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Fort Burgoyne, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Fort Burgoyne, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Western Heights defences, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Western Heights defences, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Western outwork, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Western outwork, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Cliffe Fort, Thames: fort log
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Cliffe Fort, Thames: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group.
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Admiralty Pier Fort (Dover Turret): fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c. ].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Admiralty Pier Fort (Dover Turret): fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c. ].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, The Citadel, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, The Citadel, Dover: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group, [c.].
Shornmead Fort, Thames: fort log
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Shornmead Fort, Thames: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group.
Slough Fort, Thames: fort log
Palmerston Forts Society, 1993, Slough Fort, Thames: fort log, [n.p.]: Kent Defence Research Group.
Fort Amherst
Gulvin, Keith R., 1981, Fort Amherst, Medway: Medway Military Research Group.
Roman fortifications on the Saxon shore
Johnson, Stephen, 1977, Roman fortifications on the Saxon shore, London : H.M.S.O.
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