Fort Gillingham
51°23′49″N 0°33′07″E / 51.397°N 00.552°E / 51.397; 00.552 Fort Gillingham, also known as Gillingham Fort, was constructed in 1669 on the south bank of the River Medway in Kent, England.
In conjunction with Cockham Wood Fort it took on the role of defending Chatham Dockyard from seaborne attack, a role which had been performed by Upnor Castle for the previous hundred years.
Fort Gillingham was demolished long ago, but its ramparts and ditches are clearly shown on the 1869 O. S. map with the site identified as a coastguard station. The site of Fort Gillingham is now known as Gillingham Pier.
- v
- t
- e
Forts in Medway
- Medieval
- Rochester Castle
- Tudor
- Upnor Castle
- 17th century
- Cockham Wood Fort
- Fort Gillingham
- Inner Ring (Napoleonic)
- Fort Clarence
- Fort Pitt
- Fort Amherst
- Outer Ring (Palmerston)
- Fort Borstal
- Fort Bridgewood
- Fort Darland
- Fort Horsted
- Fort Luton
- Grange Redoubt
- Woodlands Redoubt
- Hoo Fort
- Fort Darnet
This article about a Kent building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
