So after a mate wanted to visit DOE we thought we would make a day of it.
few photos of each
started off at st Margaret’s
Part of the tunnel complex is believed to go back to the mid-19th century at least, but the current structure dates from the early part of the Second World War, having been built to protect the beach, a likely invasion point.
up to z-rocket for a quick blast through. Beams are getting worse on the entrance tunnel
then up to Arrow and east Demi.
East Demi Bastion was constructed as part of a 19th Century upgrade of Dover Castle's defences. Projecting from the East Ditch, it is located next to the cliff edge and combines a fortified guardroom, a gun battery (on the surface of the bastion) and underground tunnels. Entrances to the bastion were from a doorway in the East Ditch and from a staircase within the Castle itself. The guardroom (at ditch level) has numerous original features remaining, including a Victorian fireplace and metal frames around the windows. A staircase from within the guardroom complex leads down to a set of tunnels within the cliffs. A brick lined parabolic vaulted chamber then leads to two lookout holes in the cliff face above the Eastern Docks. The structural state of the bastion is good, but there has been little repair in recent years and it remains out of bounds to the general public
quick lunch break before hitting D.O.E and the upper and lower oil mills.
The tunnels, located behind a quarried chalk face in Limekiln Street in Dover, are early 19th century in origin and were reputedly built by Napoleonic prisoners of war using earlier lime workings. They would have been built to provide storage, and were linked to a section of the Oil Mills tunnels to the west. Some of the brickwork is of a very high standard, particularly to the vaulted tunnels set back from the cliff face and to several domes which may have been rooflit originally via oculi
then finally north and south casemates.
Also sneaked in another quickie to Townsend, but
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few photos of each
started off at st Margaret’s
Part of the tunnel complex is believed to go back to the mid-19th century at least, but the current structure dates from the early part of the Second World War, having been built to protect the beach, a likely invasion point.
up to z-rocket for a quick blast through. Beams are getting worse on the entrance tunnel
then up to Arrow and east Demi.
East Demi Bastion was constructed as part of a 19th Century upgrade of Dover Castle's defences. Projecting from the East Ditch, it is located next to the cliff edge and combines a fortified guardroom, a gun battery (on the surface of the bastion) and underground tunnels. Entrances to the bastion were from a doorway in the East Ditch and from a staircase within the Castle itself. The guardroom (at ditch level) has numerous original features remaining, including a Victorian fireplace and metal frames around the windows. A staircase from within the guardroom complex leads down to a set of tunnels within the cliffs. A brick lined parabolic vaulted chamber then leads to two lookout holes in the cliff face above the Eastern Docks. The structural state of the bastion is good, but there has been little repair in recent years and it remains out of bounds to the general public
quick lunch break before hitting D.O.E and the upper and lower oil mills.
The tunnels, located behind a quarried chalk face in Limekiln Street in Dover, are early 19th century in origin and were reputedly built by Napoleonic prisoners of war using earlier lime workings. They would have been built to provide storage, and were linked to a section of the Oil Mills tunnels to the west. Some of the brickwork is of a very high standard, particularly to the vaulted tunnels set back from the cliff face and to several domes which may have been rooflit originally via oculi
then finally north and south casemates.
Also sneaked in another quickie to Townsend, but
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