Dover Western Heights
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The Western Heights of Dover is a series of forts and ditches in Dover, England. They were created in the 18th and 19th centuries to augment the existing defences and protect the key port of Dover from both seaward and landward attack. In the early 20th century, the Dover Western Heights was collectively reputed to be the "strongest and most elaborate" fortification in the country. The Army withdrew from the Heights in 1956–61. They are now a local nature reserve.
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- Facebook channel@
- Subterranea page@ issue 21
- Historic England page@ The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 4: The Grand Shaft Barracks - 19th and 20th century Infantry Barracks: Survey Report
- Historic England page@ The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 6: The Entrances to the Fortress: 19th-century Infantry and Artillery Fortifications: Survey Report
- Historic England page@ The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 10: Miscellaneous Military Structures, 1850 - 1945: Survey Report
- Historic England page@ Grand Shaft Barracks, Western Heights, Dover, Kent
- Historic England page@ The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 2: The Citadel. Survey Repor
- Historic England page@ The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 3: The Drop Redoubt 19th century Artillery Fortification. Survey Report
- Historic England page@ The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 5: St Martin's Battery - 19th and 20th century Coast Artillery Battery. Survey Report
- Historic England page@ The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 7: North Centre and Detached Bastions: 19th-century Fortifications. Survey Report
- Tripadvisor page@
- Subterranean History page@
- Subterranea Britannica page@
- Subterranea Britannica page@
- Starforts page@
- Historic England page@ The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 9: South Front Barracks - later 19th and 20th-century Barracks Complex. Survey Report
- Historic England page@ The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 8: The Citadel Battery: A Late 19th/early 20th-century Coast Artillery Battery. Survey Report
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military campaigns in 55 and 54 BCE -
Battle of Watling Street ⓘ
battle that took place in Roman-occupied Britain in AD 60 or 61 -
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466 battle -
Battle of Sandwich (851) ⓘ
first recorded naval battle in English history -
Siege of Canterbury ⓘ
viking raid in September 1011 -
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1216 siege of Dover Castle during First Baron's War -
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1217 battle in the Straits of Dover -
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battle in 1217 -
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battle in 1460 -
Battle of the Narrow Seas ⓘ
naval engagement that took place on the 3–4 October 1602 during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585 and part of the Dutch Revolt -
Battle of the Downs ⓘ
1639 naval battle -
Battle of Goodwin Sands ⓘ
1652 military battle -
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1652 first Anglo-Dutch War naval battle -
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Battle of Dover Strait ⓘ
1916 naval battle of World War I -
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1917 naval battle of the First World War -
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naval engagement during World War II -
Admiralty Pier Turret ⓘ
architectural structure in Dover, Dover, England, UK -
Langdon Battery ⓘ
examination battery in Dover, Kent, UK -
Wanstone Battery ⓘ
WWII artillery battery in Dover, UK -
Fan Bay Deep Shelter ⓘ
bunker in Dover, UK -
Hougham Battery ⓘ
artillery battery SW of Dover, UK -
Lydden Spout Battery ⓘ
artillery battery SW of Dover, UK -
Capel Battery ⓘ
8-inch WWII gun battery between Dover and Folkestone, Kent -
Winchelsea Caves ⓘ
chalk quarry in Dover, Kent -
Ramsgate Tunnels ⓘ
railway tunnel used as air-raid shelter in Ramsgate, Kent, UK -
Chilham Castle ⓘ
Grade I listed castle in Chilham, Kent, England, UK -
Saltwood Castle ⓘ
castle in Saltwood, Kent, England, UK -
Canterbury Castle ⓘ
grade I listed castle in Canterbury, United Kingdom -
Dover Castle ⓘ
medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England, UK -
Deal Castle ⓘ
16th century coastal artillery fort, located in Deal, Kent, England, UK -
Sandgate Castle ⓘ
Grade I listed Device Fort in Sandgate, Kent, England, UK -
Sandown Castle ⓘ
former artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Sandown, Kent, England, UK -
Walmer Castle ⓘ
castle in Kent, England, UK -
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fortification in Kent, England, UK -
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British Napoleonic earthwork fort in Cheriton, Kent, England, UK -
Archcliffe Fort ⓘ
fort in Dover, Kent, England, UK -
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fortification complex in Kent, UK -
Fort Burgoyne ⓘ
fort in Guston, Dover, England, UK -
RAF Manston History Museum ⓘ
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Dymchurch Martello Tower ⓘ
Martello Tower in Dymchurch, Kent, England, UK -
West Gate Towers Museum ⓘ
museum in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom -
Kent Battle of Britain Museum ⓘ
aviation museum in Hawkinge, Kent -
Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum ⓘ
military museum in Manston, Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom -
HMS B2 ⓘ
1905 B-class submarine -
HMS Brazen ⓘ
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U-12 ⓘ
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HMS Mary ⓘ
1650 Speaker-class frigate -
HMS Restoration ⓘ
1678 third-rate ship of the line -
HMS Northumberland ⓘ
1679 third-rate ship of the line -
HMS Stirling Castle ⓘ
1679 third-rate ship of the line -
HMS Niger ⓘ
1892 Alarm-class torpedo gunboat -
HMS Blackwater ⓘ
1903 River-class destroyer -
HMS Glatton ⓘ
1914 Gorgon-class monitor -
HMS Codrington ⓘ
1929 A-class destroyer -
Colton's Gate ⓘ
part of Dover Castle -
Shell Keep, Newington ⓘ
possible site of a shell keep in Newington, near Folkestone, Kent, England, UK -
Martello Tower No. 1 ⓘ
Martello Tower in Folkestone, Kent, England, UK -
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destroyed martello tower -
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destroyed martello tower -
Martello Tower No. 13 ⓘ
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Martello Tower in Hythe, Kent, England, UK -
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destroyed martello tower -
Martello Tower No. 18 ⓘ
destroyed martello tower -
Martello Tower No. 19 ⓘ
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Martello Tower in Dymchurch, Kent, England, UK -
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Martello Tower in Sandgate, Kent, England, UK -
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Martello Tower converted to house in Sandgate, Kent, England, UK -
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Martello Tower No. 15 ⓘ
Martello Tower in Hythe, Kent, England, UK
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Pillbox Type 23, St Martin's Battery, Westen Heights, Dover (rear)
Pillbox Type 23, St Martin's Battery, Western Heights, Dover (entrance)
Pillbox Type 23, St Martin's Battery, Western Heights, Dover (front)
Western Heights
Western Heights Coastal Defence
Pillbox Dover Quad, Western Heights, Dover
Dover Marina looking towards Western Heights
Hidden for years FW3-24 - S0001904 - panoramio - Mutzy
Hidden for years FW3-24 - S0001904 - panoramio
Dover, Western Heights| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 450 | Kingdom of Kent | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 55 | Caesar's invasions of Britain | battle, Celtic Britons, Ancient Rome | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 60 | Battle of Watling Street | battle, Boudica, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, Iceni, Ancient Rome, Trinovantes | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 466 | Battle of Wippedesfleot | Anglo-Saxons, battle, Celtic Britons | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 851 | Battle of Sandwich (851) | Kingdom of Wessex, Vikings, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1011 | Siege of Canterbury | Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1216 | Siege of Dover Castle | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1217 | Battle of Dover | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1217 | Battle of Sandwich (1217) | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1460 | Battle of Sandwich (1460) | House of Lancaster, House of York, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1602 | Battle of the Narrow Seas | Spain, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1639 | Battle of the Downs | Dutch Republic, naval battle, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1652 | Battle of Goodwin Sands | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1652 | Battle of Dungeness | Dutch Republic, Commonwealth of England, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1695 | Action of 10 August 1695 | Kingdom of England, Swedish Empire, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Dover Strait | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Second Battle of Dover Strait | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Action of 15 February 1918 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1942 | Action of 13 May 1942 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| link | channel | Facebook channel@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Subterranea page@ | issue 21 | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 4: The Grand Shaft Barracks - 19th and 20th century Infantry Barracks: Survey Report | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 6: The Entrances to the Fortress: 19th-century Infantry and Artillery Fortifications: Survey Report | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 10: Miscellaneous Military Structures, 1850 - 1945: Survey Report | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | Grand Shaft Barracks, Western Heights, Dover, Kent | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 2: The Citadel. Survey Repor | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 3: The Drop Redoubt 19th century Artillery Fortification. Survey Report | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 5: St Martin's Battery - 19th and 20th century Coast Artillery Battery. Survey Report | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 7: North Centre and Detached Bastions: 19th-century Fortifications. Survey Report | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Tripadvisor page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Subterranean History page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Subterranea Britannica page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Subterranea Britannica page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Starforts page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Historic England page@ | The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 9: South Front Barracks - later 19th and 20th-century Barracks Complex. Survey Report | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Historic England page@ | The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No. 8: The Citadel Battery: A Late 19th/early 20th-century Coast Artillery Battery. Survey Report | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM U-11 | U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM U-48 | U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-103 | Type UB III submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-38 | Type UB II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-55 | U-boat, Type UB III submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-56 | Type UB III submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-58 | Type UB III submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UC-26 | Type UC II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | U-16 | Type IIB submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1916 | SM UB-33 | Type UB II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Admiralty Pier Turret | battery tower, artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1898 | Langdon Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Wanstone Battery | artillery battery, British Army | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1941 | Fan Bay Deep Shelter | bunker, artillery battery, National Trust | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1941 | Hougham Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1941 | Lydden Spout Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1942 | Capel Battery | artillery battery, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Winchelsea Caves | underground limestone mine, air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1863 | Ramsgate Tunnels | railway tunnel, air-raid shelter, museum | Wikidata |
| site | castle | Chilham Castle | curtain wall, keep, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1100 | Saltwood Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1135 | Canterbury Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1179 | Dover Castle | history museum, fort, archaeological site, English Heritage, bunker, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1539 | Deal Castle | military museum, fort, English Heritage, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1539 | Sandgate Castle | fort, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1539 | Sandown Castle | fort, ruins, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1539 | Walmer Castle | history museum, historic house museum, fort, English Heritage, castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Dymchurch Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Shorncliffe Redoubt | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1370 | Archcliffe Fort | historical military facility, fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1779 | Dover Western Heights | fort, English Heritage | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1861 | Fort Burgoyne | The Land Trust, fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | RAF Manston History Museum | military museum, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1805 | Dymchurch Martello Tower | military museum, English Heritage, Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1906 | West Gate Towers Museum | military museum, garden | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1971 | Kent Battle of Britain Museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1981 | Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum | independent museum, military museum, museum | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | HMS B2 | B-class submarine, shipwreck, submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Brazen | shipwreck, B-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | SM U-8 | shipwreck, Type U 5 submarine, submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | SM UC-72 | Type UC II submarine, shipwreck, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | SMS Grosser Kurfürst | ironclad warship, Preussen-class ironclad, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | U-12 | shipwreck, U-boat, Type IIB submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | Unterseeboot UA | shipwreck, submarine, A-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1650 | HMS Mary | third-rate, shipwreck, Speaker-class frigate | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1678 | HMS Restoration | third-rate, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1679 | HMS Northumberland | third-rate, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1679 | HMS Stirling Castle | third-rate, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1892 | HMS Niger | Alarm-class torpedo gunboat, torpedo gunboat, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1903 | HMS Blackwater | shipwreck, River-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1914 | HMS Glatton | shipwreck, monitor, Gorgon-class monitor, Bjørgvin-class coastal defence ship | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1930 | HMS Codrington | flotilla leader, shipwreck, A-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| site | tower | Colton's Gate | gate tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Shell Keep, Newington | shell keep | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 1 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 10 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 11 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 12 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 13 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 14 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 16 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 17 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 18 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 19 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 2 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 20 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 21 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 22 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 23 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 25 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 26 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 27 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 3 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 4 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 5 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 6 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 7 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 8 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1805 | Martello Tower No. 9 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1806 | Martello Tower No. 15 | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Pillbox Type 23, St Martin's Battery, Westen Heights, Dover (rear) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pillbox Type 23, St Martin's Battery, Western Heights, Dover (entrance) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pillbox Type 23, St Martin's Battery, Western Heights, Dover (front) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Western Heights | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Western Heights Coastal Defence | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pillbox Dover Quad, Western Heights, Dover | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Dover Marina looking towards Western Heights | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Hidden for years FW3-24 - S0001904 - panoramio - Mutzy | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Hidden for years FW3-24 - S0001904 - panoramio | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Dover, Western Heights | Commons | ||
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