isle grain martello tower river medway kent england
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isle grain martello tower river medway kent england |
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| navigate by keyword : grain isle united kingdom martello tower mid century gun situated offshore east kent standing mouth river medway originally buily built 19th 1855 wing brick accomodation block acomodation accommodation barrack observation world war preparation anticipated napoleonic invsituated french invasionsituated invasion sheerness sheppy sheppey rocharkent rochester england thames estuaryopposite estuary |
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| Grain Martello Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower originally built in 1855 in preparation for an anticipated Napoleonic French invasion. It is situated offshore just east of the Isle of Grain Rochester Kent UK standing in the mouth of the River Medway and Thames Estuary opposite Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey. A further brick Barrack Block and Observation Tower was added before World War 2 |
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